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  2. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).

  3. Gangrene - Wikipedia

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    After the gangrene is treated with debridement and antibiotics, the underlying cause can be treated. In the case of gangrene due to critical limb ischemia, revascularization can be performed to treat the underlying peripheral underlateral artery disease. [citation needed] Ischemic disease of the legs is the most common reason for amputations.

  4. Chronic wound - Wikipedia

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    Low level laser therapy has been repeatedly shown to significantly reduce the size and severity of diabetic ulcers as well as other pressure ulcers. Pressure wounds are often the result of local ischemia from the increased pressure. Increased pressure also plays a roles in many diabetic foot ulcerations as changes due to the disease causes the ...

  5. Ulcer (dermatology) - Wikipedia

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    An ulcer that appears on the skin is often visible as an inflamed tissue with an area of reddened skin. A skin ulcer is often visible in the event of exposure to heat or cold, irritation, or a problem with blood circulation. They can also be caused due to a lack of mobility, which causes prolonged pressure on the tissues.

  6. Gas gangrene - Wikipedia

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    Gas gangrene can cause myonecrosis (muscle tissue death), gas production, and sepsis. Progression to toxemia and shock is often very rapid. It can easily be noticed by the large, blackened sores that form, as well as a degree of loud and distinctive crepitus caused by gas escaping the necrotic tissue.

  7. List of skin conditions - Wikipedia

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    Chronic undermining burrowing ulcers (Meleney gangrene) Chromobacteriosis infection; Condylomata lata; Cutaneous actinomycosis; Cutaneous anthrax infection; Cutaneous C. diphtheriae infection (Barcoo rot, diphtheric desert sore, septic sore, Veldt sore) Cutaneous group B streptococcal infection; Cutaneous Pasteurella hemolytica infection

  8. ‘Sahar Speaks’ by Huffington Post

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    There is no one better to tell the story of womenhood in Afghanistan than the women themselves

  9. Diabetic foot ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Diabetic foot ulcer is a breakdown of the skin and sometimes deeper tissues of the foot that leads to sore formation. It is thought to occur due to abnormal pressure or mechanical stress chronically applied to the foot, usually with concomitant predisposing conditions such as peripheral sensory neuropathy, peripheral motor neuropathy, autonomic neuropathy or peripheral arterial disease. [1]