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 ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

Draining simple skin abscesses in combination with antibiotic treatment is more effective than drainage alone, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. Researchers ...

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 ...

This was a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study of 48 adult subjects presenting to a single emergency department with simple cutaneous abscesses. All adult patients with cutaneous abscesses ...

Cellulitis and skin abscesses are both due to bacterial infections. They may develop separately or together, and they need different treatments. Your skin is home to about 1,000 different species of ...