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Gangrene history and symptoms

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Edzel Lorraine Co, D.M.D., M.D.

Overview

Overview

Chronic limb pain is the usual chief complaint of patients who developed gangrene.

History and Symptoms

History and Symptoms

Chronic limb pain is the usual chief complaint of patients who developed gangrene.
The pain worsens if the leg is raised and gets better in a more dependent position.
If ischemia happens, tissue loss is the first presentation.^[1]

References

References

↑ Elsayed S, Clavijo LC (2015). “Critical limb ischemia”. Cardiol Clin. 33 (1): 37–47. doi:10.1016/j.ccl.2014.09.008. PMID 25439329.

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