The purpose of this website is to present, to all who want the knowledge, a safe and dependable alterantive through which individuals may avoid toe, foot, or leg amputation. If you put your mind to it you can achieve astonishing results. By having the whole page printed, you can read it in a nice easy chair, away from that glaring monitor.
Warning: This page contains unpleasant photographic images of amputed gangrenous limbs which may not be suitable for sensitive people. |
Amputations are done for a variety of reasons, including:
- congenital limb deficiency - when the limb is grossly deformed and useless
- vascular insufficiency (peripheral vascular disease, or PVD) - ischaemic conditions of the limb, such as
- atherosclerosis and/or arteriosclerosis, predominantly diabetic, and usually resulting in dry gangrene
- Buerger's disease (thromboangiitis obliterans) - acute inflammation and thrombosis (clotting) of arteries and veins in smokers, affecting the hands and feet; decreased blood flow (ischemia) leads to severe pain, skin ulcerations and gangrene of the digits (fingers and toes)
- cancer - malignant tumour of bone or soft tissue, and
- traumatic (crush) injury to the limb - due to transport and industrial accidents.
Amputation, however, should be attempted only after all forms of treatment have been exhausted.
In the United States people over the age of 60 account for approximately 85 percent of all amputations, the majority of which involve removal of a lower extremity.
Common Cause of Amputation
About 30-40 percent of amputations are performed in diabetics. The estimated risk for major amputation in diabetics is 15 to 40 times higher than the general population. |
The arteries of the legs have become narrowed, hardened and, finally blocked due to a disease called atherosclerosis or arteriosclerosis.
Blockages in the arteries result in insufficient blood supply to the limb.
|
When narrowing or hardening of the arteries becomes severe gangrene develops and amputation may be the only option.
If left untreated - depending on the severity of someone's condition - infection can develop and threaten the life of the patient. If amputation is not performed, in these circumstances gangrene can be fatal.
Sometimes bypass surgery may help avoid amputation, but not all patients are suitable for bypass surgery.
Many patients with diabetes - by itself a risk factor for atherosclerosis - develop foot or toe ulceration. In fact, about 7 percent of diabetics have an active ulcer or a healed ulcer.
Ulcers are recurrent in many diabetic patients and approximately 5-15 percent of diabetics with ulcers require an amputation.
Ignored Foot Problem: Doug’s Story
-
Doug was typical of a diabetic who paid the price for ignoring a foot problem.
When he was first diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, he thought, "Oh, I feel fine, there's nothing the matter with me."
In late August [2005], he noticed a small "bruise" on his left foot but didn't think much of it. When the "bruise" began to spread, he soaked his foot in hot water, but didn't notice that he had scalded his foot badly, making matters worse.
Gangrene set in and he lost a couple of toes. Despite his best efforts, the problem only grew. Doctors said the only treatment was an amputation.
He was scared. He certainly didn’t look forward to losing part of his leg.
Unfortunately, while the surgery went well, another complication of diabetes hit Doug. He suffered a fatal heart attack days after the operation.
-
Source: Amputation Rates For Diabetics Unacceptably High. CTV.ca News Staff, Mon. Nov. 28 2005
Types (Levels) of Amputations
Amputations can be divided into two types: minor and major. Usually, before the operation (although not always) the surgeon decides at what level the amputation will be performed.
Minor or limited amputations are amputations where only a toe or part of the foot is removed.
A ray amputation is a particular form of minor amputation where a toe and part of the corresponding metatarsal bone is removed; and the wound is usually left open to heal. This sort of operation is performed frequently for foot infections in patients with diabetes. A partial foot amputation through the metatarsal bones is called transmetatarsal (TM) amputation.
Major amputations are amputations where part of the leg is removed. These are usually:
|
- below the knee, called transtibial (TT) amputation, or
- above the knee, called transfemoral (TF) amputation.
Occasionally an amputation of just the foot can be performed with a cut through the ankle joint. It can be an option in some patients with diabetes.
Usually, before the operation (although not always) the surgeon decides at what level the amputation will be performed.
In the below the knee operation (transtibial amuptation), the bone in the lower leg (tibia) is divided about 12-15 cm below the knee joint. This produces a good size stump to which a prosthesis can be fitted.
Surgical Judgement: Chance of Healing
One of the most important factors in healing of the wound is the sufficient blood supply to the tissues. If the blood supply is damaged or impaired it may not be possible for the tissues to heal even after a minor amputation.
If the conditions are right for healing the wounds can heal well over a period of 1-3 months and leave a fully functioning leg and foot.
Unfortunately, it is difficult to predict in every patient whether healing will take place. Physical exam, surgical judgement and experience, PVR (pulse volume recording), and segmental pressures are not able to make this prediction accurately.
The question whether a wound is likely to heal or not can best be answered noninvasively by a measurement of the pressure of oxygen on the surface of the skin, i.e., the transcutaneous oxygen pressure (TcPO2).
This pressure reflects the amount of oxygen coming out through the skin, which in turn reflects the amount of oxygen delivered to the skin by the blood. Studies have shown this test to be an accurate predictor of wound outcome.
Even so, the predicted outcome is wrong in 10 to 15 percent of cases as other factors in addition to oxygen supply can affect wound healing. The test can be applied equally well in diabetics and non-diabetics.
Normal TcPO2 at the foot averages about 60 mmHg, but 50 mmHg or greater is considered normal.
With severe arterial occlusive disease TcPO2 is decreased significantly. The average TcPO2 at the foot in patients with rest pain or gangrene is about 4 mmHg.
Wound healing is predicted, though not a certainty, for a TcPO2 greater than 20 mmHg and wound failure is predicted for a TcPO2 less than 20 mmHg.
However, studies have shown that wound healing can occur (though only in about 10 percent of cases) when the TcPO2 is zero.
Any wound requires more blood than normal in order to heal. If that extra blood is not forthcoming the wound never heals and in fact dies back. |
- if the leg is swollen (edematous) or
- if the central body arterial oxygen level is low (hypoxia).
Unfortunately, many people need to have an above knee amputation. This may be because the blood supply to the lower leg is too poor and a below knee amputation would not heal properly.
In this operation, the bone in the thigh (femur) is divided about 12-15 centimeters above the knee joint and the muscle and skin closed over the end of the bone with stitches.
However, an amputation stump will remain a potentially vulnerable area that requires lifelong care and attention.
Transmetatarsal (TM) Amputation
Transmetatarsal amputation - an amputation of the distal third of the foot - is most commonly performed for gangrene or non-healing ulcer of the toes. It is indicated, if:
Gangrenous lesions may be due to emboli, atherosclerosis, or diabetic neuropathy.
Below on the left is a photograph of a diabetic foot with a transmetatarsal amputation taken three weeks after surgical intervention (the wound still visible).
|
Transtibial (TT) Amputation: Below the Knee (B-K)
The following images contain pictures of long below-knee (B-K) amputation - an amputation of the lower leg between the ankle and the knee (in the distal third of the tibia), also called transtibial amputation. Pictures taken by Wayne Smith, RN in 2000 during his volunteer work at Scheer Memorial Hospital in Banepa, Kavra, Nepal.
PLEASE NOTE:
These photographic images may not be suitable for sensitive people.
Complications of Transtibial Amputations
Alterations in the amputation stump
Due to muscular atrophy and mobility between the tibia and the fibula, the prolonged use of prosthesis may generate alterations in the amputation stump.
The most frequently found alteration is the shortening of the distal diameter of the stump, which assumes a conical form and migrates towards the end of the prosthesis socket. This occurs by the approximation of the fibula behind the tibia due to socket compression, creating pressure points that may cause cutaneous (skin) ulcers and make prosthesis use impracticable.
Pain in the amputation stump
Another common complication is the presence of pain at the amputation stump. Its main cause is the presence of neuromas adhered to local scars. However, even on technically adequate amputations, the patient may have pain.
Frequent in conventional amputations are also intraosseous circulatory alterations on extremities. They result in a painful amputation stump at lower temperatures.
Impact of Limb Amputation
The loss of foot or leg is not like the loss of one's jewel or money. This type of loss is priceless. It means that you cannot walk or run as before.
After amputation of a foot or leg, the body weight of an amputee shifts to the other leg. The resulting wear and tear often leads to problems in the other foot or leg, and in a few years similar problems may develop, necessitating another... amputation. If this degenerative process continues, the results may be fatal.
Losing a limb has also a negative psychological impact. It leaves amputees feeling depressed, angry, or alone. They feel that they're no longer whole persons; or fear that others stare at them, or avoid them.
Loss of limb can be compared to losing a spouse or a child. The first time you see your body after the surgery will be very disturbing. You may be shocked to look down and see that a part of your body is missing. The trauma is deep and multi-layered. So it is not easy to adjust to the loss.
You will have very strong pain after your amputation surgery because the surgeon has cut through skin, muscles, nerves and bone. Your limb will be swollen. Swelling can cause pain and limit movement.
After an amputation, the muscles in and around the residual limb shorten. This pulls your joint into a bent position. If it is left like this for long periods of time, it will become difficult to straighten, or even become permanently stuck.
Recovery is never a fast process. Each step is difficult: sitting up in bed, then sitting in a wheelchair, standing, then using crutches.
Most Important Risk of Amputation
Within 3 years, 70 percent of amputees having surgery for vascular ischemia (decreased blood flow) are dead. |
There are significant risks attached to undergoing an amputation, especially if you are elderly and have diabetes and/or narrowing or hardening of the arteries due to vascular disease (atherosclerosis/arteriosclerosis).
In this group of patients, the chances of dying in hospital after a major amputation (below or above knee) are somewhere between 10 - 20 percent.
In other words, between 1 in 10 and 1 in 5 patients who undergo a major amputation due to atherosclerosis, sometimes in combination with diabetes, will die in hospital.
This is why amputation is always a last resort and a surgeon advises a patient to undergo this operation only when it is absolutely necessary.
These statistics also mean that 4 out of 5 patients undergoing an amputation will do well.
However, 70 percent of amputees having surgery for vascular ischemia - due to atherosclerosis, diabetes, gangrene, Buerger's disease - are dead within 3 years.
Other Complications of Amputation
Other complications of amputation surgery include:
Phantom Limb Pain
Up to 50% of people who have one leg amputated because of diabetes will lose the other within five years. |
Immediate post-op limb pain - where skin, nerves, bones, and muscle have been cut; it is exeperienced by everyone after an amputation.
Residual limb pain - in the natural limb (stump) after the amputation and may be present long after the surgery as the residual limb is usually more sensitive than other parts of the body.
Unfortunately, there is no one method or treatment guaranteed to reduce or eliminate residual limb pain. Sometimes surgery is necessary. Sometimes nothing will help.
Phantom sensation or feeling - in the amputated "phantom" limb which has been removed, such as itching, tingling, warmth, cold, pain, cramping, constriction, movement and any other imaginable sensation; it is experienced by almost all amputees.
The brain is “remembering” the missing part of the limb, and is still “reporting” its feelings.
Phantom pain - in the missing or amputated part of the limb; it varies from person to person - a little annoying, very unpleasant, severe, or disabling; it is different from pain in the residual limb and experienced by about 60–80 percent of amputees.
Unfortunately, there is not one single guaranteed treatment to reduce or eliminate phantom pain. In most cases, it disappears within months, though most amputees (as many as 40 percent of them) may still experience phantom pain from time to time.
Management of post-amputation pain is a major problem and usually requires professional help; however, our understanding of the way at the brain handles pain and other sensations is still fairly crude.
Walking Again After Amputation
The possibility of walk after an amputation depends on a number of factors. For instance, a below knee amputation gives the patient the best chance of remaining mobile and successfully walking post-operatively with an artificial leg (prosthesis); 80 percent of below knee amputees will walk.
You more likely will walk after your amputation, if
- you were able to walk normally before the amputation and
- you do not have other illnesses, such as angina or breathing difficulties.
It can take between 6 and 12 months for full rehabilitation potential to be reached.
Most patients undergoing minor amputation (toe or foot) are able to walk after surgery virtually normally.
For the majority of elderly patients with a lower limb amputation the most important aspect is to walk again. Usually, rehabilitation from an amputation in an elderly person is a difficult process.
Unfortuanately, only 40 percent of above knee amputees walk. The factors which make it unlikely a patient will walk after their amputation include:
- poor pre-operative mobility
- age over 70 years
- dementia
- severe kidney disease
- severe heart disease, or
- stroke.
Over half of the elderly patients who undergo a below or above knee amputation never use artificial legs effectively.
In order to remain mobile after an amputation the majority of patients need the help of a wheelchair - especially those, who are very elderly or have had other serious illnesses, such as heart disease or stroke.
Medical Costs of Lifecare for the BK Amputee
Based upon the professional evaluation of medical doctors and an experienced lifecare planner, a convincing proof of an appropriate lifecare plan for the survivor of a below the knee amputation of the leg requires a combination of:
The estimated costs listed below are in addition to:
- medical costs,
- lost income,
- life-altering pain and
- the daily ramifications of the loss of a lower leg.
Please note that the following estimation while comprehensive, is not complete and requires further personalized consideration necessary in every case and to provide for special medical needs.
- MEDICAL HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS. Access on an as needed basis (PRN) to
a combination of suitable and appropriate medical healthcare providers,
including:
- Medical doctors (e.g., neurology, physiatry, orthopedics, psychiatry, dermatology, otology, etc.), three to five times/year (4 times per year median), $165.00 to $195.00/consult ($180.00/consult median). Annual median cost $620.00.
- Assessment and evaluation services (e.g., radiology, CT, MRI, EMG, medical technology, orthotics, psychological and neuropsychological tests and measurements, pain evaluations, etc.), $1,950.00 to $2,250.00 ($2,100.00/year median). Annual median cost $2,100.00.
- Allied medical-health specialists to deliver specific care (e.g., clinical psychologist, clinical neuropsychologist, physical therapist, occupational therapist, kinesiologist, pain management, audiologist, etc.), four to eight times/year (6 times per year median), $135.00 to $155.00/consult ($145.00/consult median). Annual median cost $870.00.
- Therapy and support services (e.g., physical and occupational therapists, psychotherapy, cognitive remediation, exercise therapy, pain therapy, orthotic-prosthetic therapy, etc.), a median of twelve times/year, $135.00 to $155.00/intervention ($145.00/intervention median). Annual median cost $1,740.00.
- Alternative medicine treatment sources (e.g., chiropractic, osteopathic, naturopathic, acupuncture-acupressure, ultra sound, hypnotherapy, aromatherapy, yoga, aqua-therapy, massage therapy, etc.), a median of twelve times/year, $105.00 to $125.00/consultation $115.00/consult median). Annual median cost $1,380.00.
- Pain center treatment program, $15,000.00 to $19,000.00/event ($17,000.00/event median), every two to four years (3 years median). Annual median cost $5,666.00.
- COMPANION AND ATTENDANT SERVICES from a licensed, bonded home health agency for companion and attendant , eight hours/day (2,920 hours/year, $18.00 to $22.00/hour ($20.00/hour/median). Annual median cost $58,400.00.
- HOMEMAKER-CHOREPERSON SERVICES for physically demanding aspects of housework, a median of four hours/week (208 hours/year) from a licensed, bonded agency, $15.00 to $18.00/hour ($16.50/hour median). Annual median cost.$3,432.00.
- HANDYMAN SERVICES to assistance with maintaining the residence and immediately adjacent property, one-hundred hours/year (1.9 hours/week), $14.50 to $18.50/hour ($16.50/hour median). Annual median cost $1,650.00.
- HEALTH CLUB MEMBERSHIP in a physical conditioning program, $50.00 to $60.00/month ($55.00/month median; $560.00/year median) and a certified physical trainer (monthly interventions), $60.00 to $70.00/intervention $65.00/intervention median; $780.00/year median). Annual median cost $1,440.00.
- ARCHITECTURAL MODIFICATIONS AND RENOVATIONS of the family home to provide wheelchair and prosthesis accessible and barrier-free mobility. Installation of two-person elevator and single person stairglide between ground floor and upstairs; grab bars in the bath, shower and commode areas; standing poles in the kitchen area; ramps and guard rails at two entrances-exits; bath and shower stall renovation; modifications to door hardware, light switches and plumbing fixtures for wheelchair height access and floor surface changes to aid in wheelchair, walker and prosthesis ambulation, $150,000.00 to $190,000.00 ($170,000.00 median), with a fourteen year useful life. Annual median cost $12,142.00.
- VARIABLY ADJUSTABLE BED SYSTEM, split-half, for independent position, firmness and/or configuration control, as an aid to pain system management and to provide the patient and her spouse an opportunity to share a common bed, $4,950.00 to $5,495.00 ($5,222.50 median), with a fourteen year useful life. Annual median cost $ 373.04.
- ULTRALITE EVERYDAY BKA WALKING PROSTHESIS with flex foot features and all inherent components, $12,500.00 to $14,000.00 ($13,250.00 median); Ultralite BKA sport prosthesis with all inherent components and flex foot, $13,500.00 to $15,000.00 ($14,250.00 median) and BKA aquatic prosthesis for swimming and aqua-therapy, $11,750.00 to $13,000.00 ($12,375.00 median), with a two to four year useful life (3 years median). Annual median cost $4,125.00.
- STUMP PROTECTOR custom designed for use when prosthesis is not being used, $550.00 to $700.00 ($625.00 median), with a three year useful life. Annual median cost $208.33.
- AMBULATION - MOBILITY DEVICES. Roll-about four-wheel walker, standard caliper brake walker, crutches and related ambulation and mobility aids, $950.00 to $1,100.00 ($1,025.00 median), with a five year useful life. Annual median cost $ 225.00.
- LIGHT WEIGHT COLLAPSIBLE WHEELCHAIR. Titanium framed, collapsible, manual wheelchair for home use and more efficient out of the home ambulation, $2,895.00 to $3,425.00 ($1,360.00 median), with a six year useful life. Annual median cost $ 526.67.
- WHEELCHAIR MAINTENANCE/REPAIR. Manual wheelchair maintenance and repair, a median of $125.00/year. Annual median cost $ 125.00.
- POWER CONVEYANCE. Battery powered scooter or other motorized conveyance for traversing long distances and for use in the absence of the prosthesis, $4,500.00 to $5,995.00 ($5,247.50), with a six year useful life. Annual median cost $ 874.58.
- POWER CONVEYANCE MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR. Median annual maintenance and repair cost of $250.00.
- MODIFIED LIFT OR RAMP VAN. Ramp or lift van with suitable and appropriate accessories, $43,550.00 to $46,225.00 ($44,887.50 median), with an end-use equity after seven years of $4,500.00 ($40,387.50), less the cost of a mid-sized automobile ($16,500.00), van cost differential of $23,887.50. Annual median cost $3,412.50.
- VAN VERSUS AUTOMOBILE COST/MILE OPERATIONAL DIFFERENTIAL. The difference in the operational cost/mile of a van ($0.63/mile) and a mid-sized automobile ($0.40/mile) over 12,000 miles of driving is $2,760.00/year ($7,560.00 versus $4,800.00/year). Annual median cost $2,760.00.
- PHARMACEUTICALS-NUTRACEUTICALS-PATIENT MEDICINES. For pain, sleep assist and emotional-psychological issues (stress, tension, depression, anxiety, etc.), $235.00 to $295.00/month ($265.00/month median). Annual median cost $3,180.00.
In this specific example, estimated annual median cost for goods and services in 2003 dollars is approximately $105,000.00 for Northern California.
-
© 2003, Richard Alexander, a specialist in personal injury litigation.
Beyond the Standard "Medicate-and-Cut" Treatments
A study recently published in the JAMA states that fewer than 10 percent of all patient decisions are well informed. |
Also surgery (read: amputation) has its limitations. In some cases it cannot be performed as it may put patient's life at even greater risk! Then, such condition is being qualified as... hopeless. "We're sorry, but nothing else can be done," vascular surgeons keep telling relatives of patients'.
And this is true - but only from the medical point of view.
What makes gangrene, especially its "dry" version, responsive to the nutritional method is the fact that this type of gangrene involves the resultant obstruction only of the arterial blood supply without interference to the venous return.
In other words, in dry gangrene the blood flow (circulation) is only partially impaired and the other part (venous system) is still functioning, or ready to function. Therefore, it is able to cooperate by supporting any attempt to restore internally faulty circulation, especially in its arterial part.
The other factor making dry gangrene highly responsive to the nutritional method is the fact that this disease is characterized by a gradual progression>.
In other words, due to relatively slow development of gangrene, there is enough time to support the body nutritionally in order to restore partially impaired circulation - in this case, to unclog arterial blockages.
These two factors - the partial impairment of the blood flow and the gradual progression of the disease - have been commonly overlooked, not to say ignored, by standard medical treatments of gangrene.
The Nutritional Revascularization
Without improving the flow of blood to the affected limbs - amputation is a futile exercise, although it can be life saving at times. |
One of the natural, non-amputation methods to effectively treat dry foot gangrene is the nutritional revasculatization.
Its first and foremost goal is to improve and - over a period of time - restore the impaired circulation in the areas wounded by vascular ischemia (decreased blood flow) - the most common cause of foot ulcers and/or gangrene.
The process of natural revascularization can be triggered with an application of nutritional - natural and essential - factors that - when presented in specific ratios and amounts - are able to correct longer standing deficiencies and imbalances which are known to contribute to the circulatory problems.
As opposed to standard medical methods of treating vascular ischemia, the nutritional revascularization helps to reduce the impact of factors that created the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque in the arteries.
Gangrene Clearing Formula: No Risk For Very High Gain
Any wound requires more blood than normal in order to heal. If that extra blood is not forthcoming the wound never heals and in fact dies back. |
Simply put, Gangrene Clear-G Formula works to improve and/or restore circulation. And improved circulation allows the body to heal itself.
What could be better than a nutritional supplement fixing the impaired circulation that develops in a diseased body?
There have been medical studies on the beneficial effect of nutritional supplementation on the circulatory system; it appears people with poor blood flow do benefit from specialty dietary supplements.
Nutritional factors - naturally occurring substances, not drugs whose substances are foreign to the body - are able to boost the body chemistry by
- correcting possible deficiencies and/or imbalances and
- providing optimum conditions for the proper functioning of the body's own intrinsic ability to heal itself.
As far as the cardiovascular system is concerned, according to orthomolecular nutrition, if the right building blocks (nutrients) are present in the body - in the right amounts and at the right time - the body will do the rest.
In other words, if you want to stop the progression of gangrene due to impaired cirulation you need to get to the root of the problem. By just pulling a dandelion out by its leaves, you are not going to get very far.
So far, we have introduced the Gangrene Clear-G Formula to our clients and customers in 36 countries: the United States (including Virgin Islands and Hawaii), Canada, Malaysia, Australia, the United Kingdom, South Africa, Thailand, New Zealand, Germany, Belgium, Trinidad, Mexico, Italy, Pakistan, Singapore, Mauritius, Suriname (South America), France, Bolivia, Russia, Croatia, Poland, Portugal, Denmark, Israel, Azerbaijan, Kenya, Bosnia, Malta, Ukraine, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Greece, Spain, Kuwait, and Germany.
This all-natural combination of 80 nutrients and phytonutrients (plant nutrients) not only keeps your blood flow to the affected limbs in check (as drugs do), but actually helps your body rebuild the organs and systems that control blood circulation - without side effects.
No wonder, our proprietary Gangrene Clear-G Formula can produce results that doctors have rarely seen before, even with hard-core prescription drugs. And, unlike pharmaceutical drugs, it is very body-friendly.
 |
Continue reading this article... |
Clear-G Formula: All-Natural Blood Flow Modulator
It takes 20 times more energy to heal a wound than to maintain a health foot. |
In other words, Gangrene Clear-G Formula does not "destroy" gangrene! It helps the body to eliminate its cause, namely, to stop the progression of gangrene through improving and, over a period of time, restoring impaired blood circulation that is known to contribute to gangrene.
In our clinical experience, Gangrene Clear-G Formula does that in a way of:
- reducing the dysfunction of endothelium - the innermost arterial lining by stimulating the body’s natural built-in, internal free-radical scavenging system
- overcoming peripheral vascular ischemia by improving and/or restoring circulation - blood flow to the wounded areas
- encouraging vasodilatation - widening (dilation) of the lumen of blood vessels
- promoting the body's ability to develop collaterals - new, small blood vessels in the problem areas
- delivering more vital, oxygen-rich and nutrient-dense blood to the affected areas
- producing the growth factors - the necessary for healing substances released by the body into bloodstream and stimulating the growth of tissue and skin
- preventing and/or fighting off the infection of gangrenous tissues.
 Powdered Blend of 80 Nutrients and Phytonutrients Clinically Formulated Serving Size: 1 Scoop (Approx. 8.56 Grams / 0.3 Oz) Servings Per Container (428 Grams / 0.944 Lb): 50 SUPPLEMENT FACTS: |
Amount Per Serving |
| 1. Vitamin A (as Vitamin Palmitate [4,500 IU] and Natural Beta-Carotene [800 IU]) | 5,300 IU |
| 2. Vitamin C (as 30% Ascorbic Acid and 70% Calcium Ascorbate) | 1,100 mg |
| 3. Vitamin D-3 | 800 IU |
| 4. Vitamin E (as 85% D-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate and 15% Mixed Tocopherols Alpha, Beta, Gamma) | 150 IU |
| 5. Vitamin B1 (Thiamine Hydrochloride) | 50 mg |
| 6. Vitamin B2 (75% Riboflavin and 25% Ribloflavin-5-Phosphate) | 16.5 mg |
| 7. Niacin (as Niacin, Niacinamide and Inositol Hexanicotinate) | 175 mg |
| 8. Vitamin B6 (80% Pyridoxin HCl and 20% Pyridoxal-5-Phosphate) | 70 mg |
| 9. Folic Acid | 800 mcg |
| 10. Vitamin B12 (as Methylcobalamin) | 200 mcg |
| 11. Biotin | 300 mcg |
| 12. Pantothenic Acid (Calcium Pantothenate) | 250 mg |
| 13. Calcium (as 100 mg from Calcium Ascorbate, 10 mg Calcium Citrate-Malate, and 10 mg Calcium Phosphate) | 120 mg |
| 14. Iodine (Kelp, Entire Plant) | 180 mcg |
| 15. Magnesium (as 60% Magnesium Citrate, 20% Magnesium Oxide, and 20% Magnesium Diglycinate Chelate) | 150 mg |
| 16. Zinc (Chelate) | 25 mg |
| 17. Selenium (as L-Selenomethionine) | 25 mcg |
| 18. Manganese (as Citrate) | 5 mg |
| 19. Chromium (as Chromium Polynicotinate) | 300 mcg |
| 20. Potassium (Bicarbonate) | 18 mg |
| 21. L-Cysteine Hydrochloride | 200 mg |
| 22. Choline (as Choline Bitartrate) | 115 mg |
| 23. DL-Methionine | 115 mg |
| 24. L-Glycine | 60 mg |
| 25. L-Taurine | 60 mg |
| 26. N-Acetyl Cysteine | 60 mg |
| 27. Inositol (from Inositol and Inositol Hexaniacinate) | 45 mg |
| 28. Betaine (Trimethylglycine) | 20 mg |
| 29. Adrenal Substance | 13 mg |
| 30. Spleen Substance | 13 mg |
| 31. Thymus Substance | 13 mg |
| 32. Silica (as Silicon Dioxide) | 10 mg |
| 33. Hypothylamus Substance | 6.5 mg |
| 34. Pituitary (Anterior) Substance | 6.5 mg |
| 35. Vanadium (as Vanadyl Sulfate) | 2 mg |
| 36. Boron (Citrate) | 400 mcg |
| 37-66. PROPRIETARY BLEND : | 824.5 mg |
| Gotu Kola (Centella asiatica) (Whole Leaf), Citrus Bioflavonoids, Grapefruit Pectin, Quercetin, Rutin, Hops Extract (Humulus Lupulus) (Standardized 0.35% Flavonoids as Rutosi), Turmeric Extract (Curcuma longa) (Root), Bacopa Extract (Bacopa monniera) (Standardized to 20-38% Total Bacosides), Bitter Melon Leaf Extract (Momordica charantia) (Standardized to 2.5% Bitter Principles), Horse Chestnut Seed Extract (Aesculus hippocastanum) (Standardized to 18-22% Escin), Chlorophyll (as Sodium Copper Chlorophyllin), Bromelain, Cranberry Powder (Vaccinium macrocarpon) (90% Cranberry Solids), Eleutherococcus senticosus (Standardized to 0.8% Eleutherosides) (Root), Lactoferrin, Papain, Pancreatin 8x, Astragalus Root 0.3% Extract (Astragalus membranaceus), Burdock Root (Arctium lappa), Cleavers (Galium aparine), Echinacea Extract Standardized (as 70% Echinacea angustifolia and 30% Echinacea purpurea), Grape Seed Extract (Vitis vinifera) (Standardized to 92% Oligometric Proanthocyanidins), Green Tea Extract (Camellia sinensis) (Decaffeinated, Standardized to 90% Tea Polyphenols) (Leaf), Marigold Extract Standardized (Calendula officinalis) (Flower), Olive Leaf Extract (Olea europaea), Policosanol, Silymarin Extract Standardized (from Milk Thistle Seed), Stone Root (Collinsonia canadensis), Swedish Bilberry Extract (Vaccinium myrtillus) (Standardized to 25% Anthocyanosides) (Fruit), Vinpocetine (from Vinca major seeds), Resveratrol (from Japanese Knotweed) | |
| 67-80. PROPRIETARY BASE : | 3,062.5 mg |
| Xylitol Crystals (Natural Source), Beetroot Powder (Beta vulgaris rubra), Carrot Root Powder (Daucus sativus), Citric Acid, Larch Arabinogalactan (Larix occidentalis), Inulin (Pre-biotic), Peppermint Powder (Mentha piperita) (Leaf), Spirulina, Stevia Pure Powder (Stevia rebaudiana) (Standardized to 90% Steviosides), Probiotic Yeast (Saccharomyces Boulardii), Guar Gum Powder, Alginic Acid (from Algae), Triphala Extract (Terminalia belerica, Terminalia chebula, Emblica officinalis) (Fruit), Natural Lemon-Lime Flavoring | |
| DIRECTIONS: Mix well 1 scoop (8.56 grams) in 4 ounces (½ cup) purified lukewarm water. Leave it for a few minutes, stir thoroughly and consume. Then pour in the same cup another 4 ounces water, stir again and drink. For general circulatory health, have 1 scoop twice daily. This dose may be taken three to five times per day, or as recommended by a qualified healthcare professional. | |
| CAUTION: If you are under a physician’s care or taking medication, or if you are pregnant or nursing, consult your healthcare practitioner before using this product. | |
| This product does not contain MSG, wheat, gluten, soy protein, fish, shellfish, milk/dairy, corn, egg, nuts, refined sugar, salt, starch, artificial coloring, preservatives or flavoring. | |
Powdered Vitamin-Mineral-Botanical Supplement to Support Healthy Blood Circulation * PREMIUM QUALITY & PURITY *This statement has not been evaluated by the FDA. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. |
|
Clear G-Formula
SUPPLEMENT FACTS
As you can see, the Gangrene Clear-G Formula consists only of the natural factors vital to the cardiovascular system and present in specific ratios and amounts in order to correct longer standing deficiencies and imbalances that are known to contribute to the common circulatory health problems.
This superior dietary supplement has mitigative, preventive and protecting properties. However, there is no one "miracle" ingredient in the Gangrene Clear-G Formula. It is a special and unique, orthomolecular combination of all of ingredients that helps to accelerate the inner self-healing effect.
In many individuals, our Gangrene Clear-G Formula has also been able to:
- reduce and stabilize the blood sugars, therefore,
- lower insulin requirements (in many cases, better than most prescription drugs).
And there appears to be no harm in taking the Gangrene Clear-G Formula.
|
Continue reading this article... |
Testimonial: "I’m Living Proof that Gangrene Can be Reversed"
-
Thursday, September 8, 2005
Dear ReverseGangrene.com,
First, let me thank you for the unique way you created your web site. It was very easy to find and your words were sincerely understood.
I’m living proof that gangrene can be reversed.
In April 2005, I was in a hospital bed, and about an hour away from a scheduled amputation of the fifth toe of my right foot.
Right from the hospital bed I called your toll- free number and asked you if it was possible to reverse gangrene even though I was told earlier that morning that bones in my toe were also infected, and the answer was “yes.”
I declined the amputation, and two days after taking Gangrene Clearing Formula, the gangrene portion of my toe began to fuse with the non-gangrene area. The rest is history.
My toe is healed and the infection is completely gone. No one can believe it. Many are calling it a miracle, especially since the doctors at one of the most well known university medical centers told me that an amputation was the only remedy.
Day after day as I changed the dressing on my toe, I was amazed to observe steadily growing white healthy tissue. Eventually the gangrene of the affected part came off and the remaining part of the toe healed nicely.
I’m happy to have saved most of my toe, in light of the fact that the surgeons wanted to amputate it all the way up to the metatarsal bone in my foot.
I must admit that it took courage and close to five months for a complete healing, but it was well worth it. The most important thing here is that the gangrene was REVERSED!
Your Formula specifically targeted the problem and is very potent. It really works!!!!!
I might add that you were always available to me for personal support. Also, my sugar is now under control without insulin.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
Denis Wedge
Pennsylvania, USA
-
* The testimonial above is a true story. It has been reviewed by Full of Health Inc., however, it is the opinion of the listed individual.
Gangrene Clear-G Formula: Multiple Cardiovascular Benefits
|
Prevent the Complications fo Diabetes |
|
Halt the Progression of Atherosclerosis | |
Reduce Leg Pain - Intermittent Claudication |
|
Control Raynaud's Phenomenon | |
Complement Angioplasty - Reduce Restenosis |
Therefore, it is important for you, or someone you love or hold dear, to be decisive about what you want to do about your condition, rather than to be vague or unsure. The consequences of your indecisiveness could be detrimental...
At Full of Health Inc., we hope that you will give the nutritional approach serious consideration; it can help you get and keep gangrene in your feet or legs under control without humiliating surgery.
Think, feel and act positive. Be more concerned with what is right than with who is right. All-in-all, gangrene is a serious, life-threatening condition!
Clear-G Formula: The Door to Alternatives
The best way to get control of your health is to take action - move forward and do something about it.
Discover what many people still don't know, or do not want to know about nutritional gangrene control; your life, or the life of someone you know or hold dear, may depend upon it!
When gangrene develops dire calls for medical help often are too late as standard interventions are only temporarily and - most of the time - minimally effective.
By sharing this information, you can discomfit those who desperately want to believe that conventional medicine has all the answers worth considering.
We hope everyone with a relative or friend with diabetes or atherosclerosis effecting the brain, legs or heart, will at least open the door to them to alternatives.
The nutritional approach to gangrene is for you - if you have courage, good will and persistence, and are not afraid to take your health into your own hands.
As opposed to amputation, the nutritional gangrene control is something you can do on your own - and get results.
For Advice Or To Place A Phone Order, CALL: 1. 705. 876. 9357 (US/Can)
Monday - Friday: 10:00 am - 3:00 pm EST (Weekends & Holidays Excluded)
Request $FREE e-Pamphlet 'Say NO! to Gangrene'
Order your Gangrene Clearing Clear-G Formula
back to web version
ReverseGangrene.com
© 2000-2008 Reverse Gangrene. com: Foot Gangrene Controlled Naturally With Gangrene Clear-G Formula. Stop the Progression of Gangrene: Avoid Toe, Foot or Leg Amputation. All rights reserved worldwide. This document may not be copied in part or full without express written permission from the publisher. The information on gangrene and nutrition provided herein is a general overview on this topic and may not apply to everyone, therefore, it should not be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. While reasonable effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information on reversing diabetic and non-diabetic dry gangrene naturally, Full of Health, Inc. assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from use of the foot gangrene information herein.