Diabetes patients turn black by drinking too much
Sep 06, 2024
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Medical staff at Ignacio Zaragoza Hospital in Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, recently published a case of amputation of a 65-year-old male patient with penile gangrene (necrosis caused by lack of blood to the cells) in 'Urology Case Reports'.
The patient was taken to the emergency room after suffering a high fever of 39 degrees Celsius and tremendous pain in the pubis.
Pus and stinky secretions were observed in the urethra, skin, scrotum, and rectum.
Earlier, the patient was given antibiotics and insulin with prostate hypertrophy as 'multiple abscesses'.
However, the condition worsened due to continued drinking, resulting in gangrene and turning the entire genital black.
The medical staff said "Pine necrosis occurred all over the voice" and "Alcohol abuse can cause gangrene and severe urine retention".
"It is extremely rare for local ischemic gangrene to develop in the penis, and the morbidity and mortality are high because of the high risk of sepsis."
In addition, the patient showed a fascia infection, 'Fournier's gangrene', after urethral catheterization.
Medical staff emphasized that it is necessary to be careful about forced urethral catheter insertion that expels urine by inserting a tube into the bladder.
Uncontrolled diabetes and peripheral arterial disease also seem to have affected gangrene.
Eventually, the medical staff performed total penile resection and bladder resection.
José Omar Hernández Martínez, the corresponding author of the paper, said "Early consultation with a urologist is recommended to minimize the risk of serious complications."
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