Brooke Peder showed us her wounds. She has already had a leg amputated and now she's worried she may lose an arm.
"That's necrotic flesh," she said. "This actually looks phenomenal right now," she said as she points to the open flesh of her arm.Action News walked the streets of Kensington's open-air drug market to see its impact. We saw many people who use illegal substances walking around with wound care bandages.Dr. D'Orazio is an associate professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine and is an expert in addiction medicine.
D'Orazio says "Tranq" causes fast-moving necrotic wounds mostly on extremities and not necessarily at injection sites. Necrosis is the death of body tissue."Tranq" also causes heavy sedation. People who inject or snort it are often knocked out for hours on end. While experts say it hasn't led to a surge in overdoses, it causes other withdrawal symptoms like extreme anxiety.
Outreach groups like Prevention Point in Kensington and the Philadelphia Health Department are now deploying pop-up medical units to help care for wounds.
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