Sentences with phrase «become necrotic»

Diesel needed an amputation after his tether wrapped around his leg so tight it cut off circulation, causing the leg to become necrotic.

If the blood supply is interrupted for more than a few hours, these tissues may become necrotic or «die» and irreparable damage or shock may result.

With every minute that the artery is blocked, the cells of the heart die becoming necrotic, in exponentially growing numbers.

If the skin became necrotic or sloughed off during the course of the poisoning, it may take a few months for the skin to heal completely and for the fur to grow back in.

Not exact matches

In humans, rigor mortis (or stiffness of death) occurs sometime after death, and is followed by necrotic degeneration where the muscles become soft again.

But some tumours grow so rapidly their interiors become starved of blood and oxygen, and turn into «necrotic» regions full of dead and dying cells.

With a full obstruction in the small intestines, the intestinal tract can become so damaged and necrotic that a section of it must be removed along with the object that caused the obstruction.

In rare cases, the skin may become severely necrotic, and surgical debridement may be required.

My 4 - year old American Bulldog, Mogli, recently had to undergo major GI surgery to remove a necrotic piece of his small intestine and part of his colon, after his small intestine became tangled within his abdominal wall.