What Is Gas Gangrene?
10. When Is It Time to Call the Doctor?
If a person develops symptoms of gas gangrene, it is a matter of life or death that he or she seeks medical attention right away. In fact, if signs of infection develop at any site of a wound, no matter the cause, the best course of action would be to visit the ER.
Once symptoms of gas gangrene develop, shock, kidney failure, liver damage, coma and death can all occur within a matter of hours. Complications can occur so quickly that most doctors begin treatment even before performing diagnostic tests.
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