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Gangrene (cont.)

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When to Seek Medical Care

Consult a health-care provider immediately if the following signs develop:

  • An area of the body turns blue or black.

  • A wound does not heal in seven to14 days.

  • Pain in a localized area is severe.

  • Unexplained fever is persistent.

  • Pus or blood drains from the wound.

  • A foul-smelling odor discharges from the wound.
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In 1883, the French venereologist Jean Alfred Fournier described a series in which 5 previously healthy young men suffered from a rapidly progressive gangrene of the penis and scrotum without apparent cause.

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