A 62-year old diabetic black man presents in the emergency room with a swollen left leg with areas of blanchin? - how to treat mottled legs
A 62-year-old black man with diabetes presents to the emergency room with a swollen left leg with scalded areas and powder blue. A "bad smell" comes from a bandage. You remove the bandage and a brown liquid infiltration is an area of injury. The fluid contains what appears to be small pieces of tissue. Pus does not seem to exist. The cup has a lazy "strong" odor. Five days earlier, while working as a farmer caught him in the leg, as a manure spreader, maintaining a deep, crushing injuries very dirty. His wife has cleaned the wound and may in soapy water, wearing a clean gauze and wrapped firmly with an elastic bandage to stop the bleeding. The second day of resolve on the wound and for a triple antibiotic ointment. ThePain patients treated) with ibuprofen (Advil. He said the pain was very bad for the first 72 hours. In the last 24 hours, his legs swollen and the points began to appear. A bad odor and severe pain accompanied by swelling. His wife convinced him to come to the emergency room, although he no health insurance.
1. What is your diagnosis in this case?
2. As the wound should
3. This is a potentially fatal disease?
4. Is it likely that the patients presented diabetes contributed to the problem like this? Please explain.
Monday, February 22, 2010
How To Treat Mottled Legs A 62-year Old Diabetic Black Man Presents In The Emergency Room With A Swollen Left Leg With Areas Of Blanchin?
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Why do we say a black man?
ReplyDeleteDo not be racist.
He is a man