Ringworm is the common name used for the fungal infection tinea. Tinea or ringworm can occur anywhere there is a dermal layer. The fungus occurs in the outer layer of keratin which forms in skin and nails. It is further named by which area of the body it occurs on. For instance tinea occurring on ...
Ringworm is a fungal infection of the skin. It typically causes red rings with white centers. The white centers may appear like blisters, and the blisters may or may not ooze. Ringworm is not caused by worms, but gets its name from its ring-like appearance. Ringworm can affect any part of the body, but it ...
Any woman who has ever had to nurse a baby while dealing with thrush knows that it can be extremely painful and extremely difficult to get rid of. Nystatin is often the first thing that doctors will prescribe to treat thrush, but the yeast that causes thrush has become resistant to Nystatin – not to ...
Overview: The herxheimer reaction, nicknamed “herx” or otherwise referred to as Jarisch-Herxheimer (J-H) is a phenomena originally observed in the treatment of syphilis, but later found in other illness. In general terms, it is described as a temporary increase of symptoms when anti-syphilitic drugs (antibiotics) are administered. What is known or speculated about Lyme disease ...
The setting was right: a town in the Ohio River Valley with lots of birds hanging out in and around the attic. Unfortunately, it took a skin test at the college infirmary to help identify an odd collection of calcifications on an old X-ray. The verdict, 10 years after exposure, was an infection known as ...
In one study, published by the Journal of the American Medical Association, researchers examined 788 patient previously diagnosed with Lyme Disease. Lyme disease is usually contracted by getting a tick bite. Out of all the patients examined, only 23 percent actually had active cases of the disease. Another 20 percent had previous cases of the ...
Toe nail fungus infections are a problem many people suffer from. In some cases the problem is more cosmetic and embarrassing than a severe health hazard, but in other cases it can be a sign of other problems within your body. The condition can also be much more problematic for anyone who has another severe ...
Amoxicillin is a common antibiotic that is used to treat many bacterial infections. It is also the generic name for Augmentin. Amoxicillin and I go way back. I used to take the liquid version when I was a child suffering from ear infections. We lovingly refer to it as “the pink stuff.” As an adult, ...
