A 58-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes presented with a persistent annular erythema on her left thigh for more than 10 years. She had been diagnosed with tinea corporis and contact ...

You may also experience night sweats if you have an infection, such as perianal disease, which affects 17% to 43% of people with Crohn's disease. If you are experiencing night sweats, consult with ...

A new study provides real-world evidence to support the potential repurposing of glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RAs), used to treat type 2 diabetes and obesity, for prevention of ...

Genital rashes have many different causes, ranging from jock itch and vaginal yeast infections to sexually transmitted infections (STIs) caused by bacteria, viruses, and parasites. Depending on the ...

Alberto J. Espay, MD, MSc, reflects on how diagnosing Parkinson's disease involves asserting expertise while acknowledging that each patient's experience is unique. This creates a tension between ...

Methods: In this work, we used the long-read Nanopore sequencing method to address this issue, by producing high quality whole genome sequences of 33 bacterial strains from 11 perianal ...

To present a rare case of anal squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in a young pregnant woman. This is the case of a 34-year-old pregnant woman with stage IIIB anal SCC. She was treated with chemotherapy ...

While this cancer isn't super common, when left untreated, Dr. Friedman says it can turn into a more serious health situation. This one involves the perianal area. It's thought to be an autoimmune ...

Medically reviewed by Leah Ansell, MD Knowing how to wipe after a bowel movement can prevent the spread of bacteria from ...