An abscess is a simple collection of necrotic tissue in a liquefied status; most often infected (with purulent material-pus). Apart from the local symptoms of pain, swelling, redness and limitations ...

Every year between four and five million Americans suffer from chronic non-healing wounds, many caused by diabetes, poor circulation, pressure ulcers or other conditions. Proper wound care is ...

For the first time, endoscopic drainage was performed in Mumbai in a HIV-positive patient who had developed liver abscess due to fungal infection. A 21-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital in Mumbai ...

A pyogenic liver abscess is a collection of pus in the liver that forms when a bacterial infection reaches the organ. Without early diagnosis and treatment, a pyogenic liver abscess may lead to severe ...

Blocked airway. Mucus can form behind a tumor or foreign object in your windpipe and cause an abscess. If bacteria get into the mucus, the blockage stops you from coughing it out. Blood-borne causes.

A News 9 viewer has a spider bite, and says it is red, painful, and starting to drain. Dr. Lacy Anderson has the warning signs that it could be something more severe. A News 9 viewer has a spider bite ...

14 post-COVID-19 patients, eight of whom had received steroids during treatment, were diagnosed with "unusually large" and multiple liver abscesses, and one of them died due to massive bleeding in ...