Xylazine or "tranq" wounds—characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue—have become increasingly visible in Philadelphia among people who use drugs. That's because xylazine, an animal ...

PHILADELPHIA — There was no textbook for the volunteer training held last week on how to care for the severe skin wounds that are increasingly afflicting people in addiction. Inside the Savage ...

A nurse treats a man's skin wounds in a community outreach storefront in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia in May. Xylazine, a powerful animal sedative that's moving through the illicit drug ...

When Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker took office in January 2024, she made it clear that tackling the city's drug problem was a high priority — especially in Kensington, a neighborhood that ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Xylazine or “tranq” wounds – characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue ...

PHILADELPHIA — There was no textbook for the volunteer training held last week on how to care for the severe skin wounds that are increasingly afflicting people in addiction.

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Xylazine or “tranq” wounds – characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue ...

Xylazine wounds are a growing crisis among drug users in Philly ... and also works at a wound care clinic in Kensington in North ... deep into the skin. They were not wounds from ...

Warning: This article contains graphic images. Before xylazine, most of the wounds we treated were skin infections like abscesses. These conditions develop when a bit of bacteria gets under the skin ...

(MENAFN- The Conversation) Warning: This article contains graphic images. Xylazine or“tranq” wounds – characterized by deep pockets of dead tissue – have become increasingly visible in ...