If you have any injury with open skin, you need to take care of it to avoid infection. Keeping a wound clean, washing your hands before touching it, and following any instructions from your doctor ...

Cases are expected to become more common as climate change leads to warmer ocean temperatures. File this under, “Florida is ...

The 'fleshing-eating' disease caused by the Vibrio vulnificus bacterium is expected to increase with rising oceanic ...

Negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT) has become a central tool in modern wound care, helping clinicians manage complex wounds, support graft survival, and reduce postoperative infection risk.

Dear Doctor: My boyfriend let a friend of his pierce his earlobe and cartilage, and both places got infected. He says things will get better on their own, but I’m worried. What should he be doing?

Hidradenitis suppurativa can cause slow-healing wounds. Learn how to promote healing and prevent infection. Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic skin condition that causes abscesses where your ...

A pilonidal sinus is a small tunnel that develops at the top of the crease in the buttocks. Trapped hair around the buttocks crease can lead to an abscess, and a pilonidal sinus may develop as a ...

Wound dehiscence occurs when a surgical incision reopens either internally or externally. It’s also known simply as dehiscence. Although this complication can occur after any surgery, it tends to ...