Medidas de bioseguridad en el manejo de enfermería en paciente con gangrena de fournier

Abstract

Introduction: Fournier's gangrene is a rare disease characterized by necrotizing fasciitis that maintains high mortality statistics with the complication of an initial perineal suppuration of digestive or urogenital origin; which can be primitive, post-operative and post-traumatic. The risk factors are constituted by situations that diminish the host's immunity, with diabetes mellitus standing out among them. The case of a patient with complicated diabetes mellitus is reported who presents a slow and progressive increase in scrotal volume predominantly on the right side, in addition to scrotal erythema. Erosion in the scrotum and serous secretion and then hematic sero is evidenced, classifying it as Fournier's gangrene. The associated risk factors for the presence of Fournier's gangrene are: diabetes mellitus (DM), HIV, alcoholism, advanced age, prolonged hospitalization, malignancies, malnutrition, obesity, arterial hypertension (HT) and other states that affect the immune system