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Is gangrene curable?Its dry,and its located on his big toe.

Asked by amd24 (1points) April 16th, 2010

my stepdad has it.

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Simone_De_Beauvoir's avatar

Usually, through amputation of the affected area.

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dpworkin's avatar

Yes. One cool way is to have maggots eat the bad parts.

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Emt3225's avatar

I think it depends on where your stepdad has ganegren.. Also is it spreading?

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