Why No One Goes to Naples. NAPLES, Italy â Spring is here. In southern Italy, the sun is shining, the sky is blue and the weather is balmy. Orange blossom fragrances mingle with wafts of jasmine. The food is good, the wine is inexpensive, the locals are friendly and beauty is all around.
Without treatment, death can occur within 48 hours. Fournier's gangrene: Also a rare condition, Fournier's gangrene is caused by an infection in the genital area. Men are affected more often than women. If the infection gets into the bloodstream, a condition called sepsis, it can be life-threatening.
In the vast majority of cases, untreated cuts do not cause gangrene. Gangrene occurs when there is disruption of blood flow to a tissue for a prolonged period of time causing death of that tissue. For a cut to cause this, it must be severe enough that a major blood vessel was compromised and was no longer able to deliver blood to the surrounding tissue.