Any small wound or break in the skin is considered a potential entry point for blood or certain bodily fluids—vaginal fluids, semen, pre-seminal fluids, or rectal fluids—to transmit HIV. To reduce ...

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Antimicrobial ointments containing neomycin, polymyxin B and bacitracin have been used since the 1950s as a prescription product to prevent superficial wound infections and have been made ...

Objectives: To evaluate reports that describe relapse or recurrence following treatment of perineal streptococcal dermatitis (PSD), we studied a large cohort of children with these perianal or ...

“It’s a cut, and just like when you have a wound, there is a pain associated with that wound all the time,” says Adegboyega. An anal abscess, which is typically caused by a local infection, is another ...

Boil. This is an infection of the hair follicle that goes into the deeper layers of skin. A small pocket of pus (abscess) forms. It’s also known as a furuncle. They often occur in the waist area, ...