No matter how many definitions of this I read, I don’t grasp what it is.
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Muscles are made of lots of strands of muscle fibers. They’re contained by a tough membrane that holds them together, so the membrane forms a tough compartment for each muscle. If you tear the muscle enough to bleed, the blood has nowhere to go, so it collects and puts so much pressure on the muscle that no more blood can get in and out. No blood, no oxygen, no nutrients, just tissue death progressing to gangrene if the pressure isn’t relieved. A pressure measuring device on the end of a needle can diagnose it, then the membrane has to be split to relieve the pressure before the gangrene sets in. You can lose a limb this way if not treated.
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