What Is Fournier's Gangrene? Fournier’s gangrene is a very serious, sometimes fatal infection in your genital or anal area. It’s a type of necrotizing fasciitis (flesh-eating disease) that develops ...

Although rare, FG may be associated with significant risk for morbidity and mortality especially if recognition and treatment are delayed, which is common due to ambiguous history and physical ...

Scientists have warned that a diabetes drug could increase the risk of developing a potentially fatal gangrene which causes the genitals to rot away. The researchers looked at the side effects of ...

A new study urges doctors to look for signs of a rare, potentially fatal genital infection in patients taking certain diabetes drugs. The infection, a necrotizing fasciitis, is commonly called ...

Fournier gangrene (FG), a necrotizing infection of the perineum, is a relatively rare but potentially fatal complication of treatment with sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors, new data ...

Fournier’s gangrene is a rare, life-threatening infection of the genital area. Discover its causes, symptoms, risk factors, and treatment options in this guide ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has identified 55 new cases of Fournier gangrene in patients with type 2 diabetes treated with sodium-glucose co-transporter-2 (SGLT2) inhibitors and recommend ...

In August 2018, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) added a warning about Fournier gangrene (FG) to the labels of all SGLT2 inhibitors, used to treat type 2 diabetes. And as reported by Medscape ...

Alfred Fournier est né le 12 mars 1832 et mort le 23 décembre 1914 à Paris. Il était dermatologue et professeur français spécialisé en ...

Fournier’s gangrene is a form of necrotizing fasciitis, a condition that leads to tissue death. It can cause pain and swelling in the genital, perineal, or perianal regions of the body, and can be ...

Fournier's gangrene is a rare but life-threatening disease. As such, the ability to accurately predict its severity might not only help identify patients at high risk of death, but also provide ...