In the Hubei province of China, recently a news story about a 53-year-old woman identified only as Mrs Zhang went viral and proved that horrors still various lurk around every corner, and that the vulnerability of our bodies can be exposed at any second.
Mrs Zhang was doing something that was totally ordinary, as far as events go – she was simply doing some housework. Unfortunately, she got a small cut on her finger, which most of us wouldn’t think a problem.
Mrs Zhang gave it a wash. Seeing that the cut was so small, she simply ignored it, trusting her body’s ability to repair wounds would be more than enough for this cut.
About two days later, she noticed that there was a bruise forming around the wound.
This initially wasn’t a cause for alarm until the began to spread.
Within days, all her fingers save her left thumb and her right pinky had turned black and misshapen on both hands, with some fingers being worse than others.
It got to the point, in fact, that her entire left hand turned a shade darker towards black.
Mrs Zhang then went to seek professional help from a nearby doctor who told that she had gotten gangrene in both of her hands.
Considering that she had not noticed any strange smell, and that the gangrene had affected her extremities, this was likely dry gangrene.
Known as a form of necrosis, this means that basically most – if not all – the tissue in her fingertips had d.i.e.d.
In other words, the reason this woman’s fingers had turned black was due to the fact that they are essentially d-e-a-d.
Mrs Zhang immediately was sent to the hospital, where she received treatment and is thankfully responding well to said treatment.
Unfortunately, it remains to be seen if she will be able to regain full use or recovery of her fingers. It is very likely they will have to be amputated.
However, what is more important, that she still has the rest of her hands intact, and that no further damage has been done since.
In other words, the reason this woman’s fingers had turned black was due to the fact that they are essentially d-e-a-d.
Mrs Zhang immediately was sent to the hospital, where she received treatment and is thankfully responding well to said treatment.
Unfortunately, it remains to be seen if she will be able to regain full use or recovery of her fingers.
It is very likely they will have to be amputated.
What is more important, however, that she still has the rest of her hands intact, and that no further damage has been done since.
Source: relayhero.com
