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* This used to be the only method of stopping gangrene from spreading. Nowadays, the rotting area can often be saved, but amputation is still sometimes required. Especially in the case of Gas Gangrene, which spreads quickly as it destroys muscle tissue.
** Sometimes applies to 3rd-degree (burned through the whole dermis) and worse (through the fat, muscle and bone) burns to limbs: although burn wounds don't spread, they get infected ''very'' easily, so if tissue damage is severe enough that the appendage becomes useless, removing it is often the wiser option to prevent deep-tissue infections.
** Sometimes applies to 3rd-degree (burned through the whole dermis) and worse (through the fat, muscle and bone) burns to limbs: although burn wounds don't spread, they get infected ''very'' easily, so if tissue damage is severe enough that the appendage becomes useless, removing it is often the wiser option to prevent deep-tissue infections.
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* This used to be the only method of stopping gangrene from spreading. Nowadays, the rotting area limb can often be saved, but amputation saved by removing the dead tissue and administering heavy-duty antibiotics. Amputation is still sometimes required. Especially required in severe cases, especially in the case of Gas Gangrene, gas gangrene, which spreads quickly as it destroys muscle tissue.
**tissue. Sometimes applies to 3rd-degree (burned through the whole dermis) and worse (through the fat, muscle and bone) burns to limbs: although burn wounds don't spread, they get infected ''very'' easily, so if tissue damage is severe enough that the appendage becomes useless, removing it is often the wiser option to prevent deep-tissue infections.
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* Also the recommended course in some cases of advance cancer. In one case the doctors had to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe remove the entire lower half of a man to save his life.]] However this case of BodyHorror was nothing for the man compared to the cancer. He actually cried in happiness afterwards because it was so painful.
* A less severe but still shocking example of the above happened to former Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky. In 1989, he came back from having a cancerous tumor removed from his left (pitching) arm the previous year. Sadly, the required treatment weakened his arm to the point that he broke the arm soon after his return. Eventually, the cancer came back, requiring the amputation of his entire left arm and shoulder.[[note]]He would write two books about his journey through this process: ''Comeback'' in 1990, after his comeback to the mound, and ''When You Can't Come Back'' two years later, following the amputation.[[/note]]
* Theoretically this trope could be used to treat a rabies bite. Rabies is unusual in that it travels along nerve fibers instead of the circulatory system, making its spread very slow. This is what allows the rabies vaccine to work even if it's administered after infection, the body has time to develop an immune response before it reaches the central nervous system and becomes almost certainly fatal. Of course with the vaccine available, amputation becomes completely unnecessary, allowing you to keep both life and limb.
* A less severe but still shocking example of the above happened to former Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky. In 1989, he came back from having a cancerous tumor removed from his left (pitching) arm the previous year. Sadly, the required treatment weakened his arm to the point that he broke the arm soon after his return. Eventually, the cancer came back, requiring the amputation of his entire left arm and shoulder.[[note]]He would write two books about his journey through this process: ''Comeback'' in 1990, after his comeback to the mound, and ''When You Can't Come Back'' two years later, following the amputation.[[/note]]
* Theoretically this trope could be used to treat a rabies bite. Rabies is unusual in that it travels along nerve fibers instead of the circulatory system, making its spread very slow. This is what allows the rabies vaccine to work even if it's administered after infection, the body has time to develop an immune response before it reaches the central nervous system and becomes almost certainly fatal. Of course with the vaccine available, amputation becomes completely unnecessary, allowing you to keep both life and limb.
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* Also the recommended course in some cases of advance cancer.advanced cancer, especially bone cancer when reconstructing the bone isn't possible. In one case the doctors had to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe remove the entire lower half of a man to save his life.]] However this case of Luckily, what we would normally consider BodyHorror was nothing for the man compared to the cancer. He actually cried in happiness afterwards because it was the cancer had been so painful.
*A less severe but still shocking example of the above happened Happened to former Major League Baseball pitcher Dave Dravecky. In 1989, he came back from having a cancerous tumor removed from his left (pitching) arm the previous year. Sadly, the required treatment weakened his arm to the point that he broke the arm soon after his return. Eventually, the cancer came back, requiring the amputation of his entire left arm and shoulder.[[note]]He would write two books about his journey through this process: ''Comeback'' in 1990, after his comeback to the mound, and ''When You Can't Come Back'' two years later, following the amputation.[[/note]]
*Theoretically Theoretically, this trope could be used to treat a rabies bite.bite from a rabid animal. Rabies is unusual in that it travels along nerve fibers instead of the circulatory system, making its spread very slow. This is what allows the rabies vaccine to work even if it's administered after infection, the body has time to develop an immune response before it reaches the central nervous system and becomes almost certainly fatal. Of course with the vaccine available, amputation becomes completely unnecessary, allowing you to keep both life and limb.
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