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 ...

With the advent (I think) of spring, what does the typical veterinary hospital see? Well, we see a lot of cats, outdoor cats, with bite wound abscesses. The usual presenting complaint is that the cat ...

Occasional cuts and other types of wounds happen, and the best way to help prevent them from getting infected is by cleaning them with lukewarm water and mild soap. However, if a wound does get ...

An open wound is any internal or external injury that exposes internal tissue to the external environment. People can sometimes treat acute open wounds at home with medications and natural remedies.

Laura Bamford emerges from the exam room after spending about an hour with a regular patient. He’s smiling, and she’s beaming. Actually, Bamford looks relieved. She just drained the patient’s abscess.

Rachel M. McLoughlin, Robert M. Solinga, Jeremy Rich, Kathleen J. Zaleski, Jordan L. Cocchiaro, Allison Risley, Arthur O. Tzianabos, Jean C. Lee Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the ...

I had to take my cat in to my vet recently for an abscess on the side of her face that was all puffed up. She had lost her appetite, and I was told that she had a fever as well as really bad teeth.

Tunnels underneath the skin’s surface mean yourwound isn’t healing well. Tissue is being damaged, and without the right care, even more serious complications can occur. An open wound is an unsettling ...

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?

Background Complex breast surgery, including immediate breast reconstruction and oncoplastic procedures, is increasingly performed to optimise oncologic and aesthetic outcomes. Postoperative wound ...