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My mother is 95. Had a sore heal for 9 months. She does not have blood flow to her lower leg. She ... two weeks) Neither has worked. The heal wound is down to the bone with dead skin. Now her lower leg is ... View answer
improvement in the affected area.Also taking anti bacterial and anti inflammatory drug daily.Left affected leg has 50% reduction in blood flow(From doppler scan)Right leg has 75% reduction in blood flow.Any ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
(bad circulation). We have been told today that there are blockages high up in the leg and that the whole leg would need to be amputated. Because he is very frail they are worried that he would not ... View answer
gangrene in both legs. His right leg was amputated above the knee in early December and because he wasn t ... left leg. At that time the plan was to amputate when gangrene spread to above his... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Praveen Tayal
( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
yesterday just as i sat down my right leg buckled and now it is hard to step eith my right foot. pain in my lower buttocks area, upper leg(back side). What is wrong? ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Chirag Soni
( General & Family Physician)
Hi, my mother had a boil on a leg which had become bit black. Doctor suggested surgery to cut off the boil as it had developed gangrene. And, now it has almost healed. However, couple of days back ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Swetha Dhananjay
( General & Family Physician)
Blood supply in small vessels cause gangrene in her leg & it got below knee amputated. Now the problem ... dry gangrene. I am worried that i will loose the second leg too. Please suggest. She... View answer
My mother in law is 74 yrs old and she has high blood sugar (522), now she started to have gangrene in her foot . the doctors said that she should amputate her leg. Is there a way not to amputate? they ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. S. Jegadeesan
( General & Family Physician)
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