Gangrene is the death of tissues in your body due to lack of blood flow or infection. Learn about the types, signs, complications, and treatments of gangrene, and how to prevent it. Wet, or infected, gangrene is characterized by thriving bacteria and has a poor prognosis (compared to dry gangrene) due to sepsis resulting from the free communication between infected fluid and circulatory fluid. Gangrene is death of body tissue due to lack of blood flow or infection. Learn about the types, causes, risk factors, complications and prevention of gangrene, and when to seek emergency treatment. GANGRENE definition: 1. the decay of a part of a person's body because the blood has stopped flowing there: 2. the…. Learn more.
