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Necrotizing Fasciitis Learning Center
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Local spread of infection, progressive tissue damage; Systemic spread of infection, sepsis, shock; Scarring and disfigurement; Functional loss of an arm or leg; Death;
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Flesh-eating disease has a fatality rate of about 30%. Diabetes, arteriosclerosis, immunosuppression, kidney disease, malnutrition , and obesity are connected with a poor prognosis. Older individuals and intravenous drug users may also be at highe...
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Understanding and adjusting to death and loss at various stages of life. Almost every child or adolescent faces the death of someone close—a relative, friend, or even a pet—at some point in his or her life. In fact, it is estimated that about 5% o...
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Mourning is the grieving process an individual experiences in response to the loss (often through death) of someone.
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Death is defined as the cessation of all vital functions of the body including the heartbeat, brain activity (including the brain stem), and breathing.
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Death is the end of life, a permanent cessation of all vital functions. Dying refers to the body's preparation for death, which may be very short in the case of accidental death, or can last weeks or months in some patients such as those with cancer.
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Death is the end of life, a permanent cessation of all vital functions. Dying refers to the body's preparation for death, which may be very short in the case of accidental death, or can last weeks or months in some cancer patients.
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Sepsis is a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.
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Sepsis refers to a bacterial infection in the bloodstream or body tissues. This is a very broad term covering the presence of many types of microscopic diseasecausing organisms.
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Infection is characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms in the body. This response may include fever , chills, redness, swelling, pus formation and other responses. The most common cause of illness and death in pat...
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