furuncle


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Synonyms for furuncle

a painful sore with a hard core filled with pus

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minutissimum infection Folliculitis A superficial infection of the hair (35, 36) follicle resulting in multiple, painful papules or pustules containing a central hair follicle; may progress to carbuncle, furuncle, or abscess Acanthosis Symmetric skin hyperpigmentation (37, 38) nigricans and thickening, often with a velvety appearance; associated with diabetes mellitus and malignancy Hyperhidrosis If condition is idiopathic, the sweat (41, 42) pattern is symmetric bilaterally; chronic skin dampness may lead to skin erosion Epidermal Freely moveable, firm nodules with (45, 46, 48) cysts central punctum; may be idiopathic or may occur secondary to trauma
Folliculitis and furuncles were the common bacterial infections.
Furuncles are most commonly found on the face and neck.
However, several other possible clinical subtypes were also proposed recently, such as regular type, frictional furuncle type, scarring folliculitis type, conglobata type, syndromic type, and ectopic type.[sup][7] In addition, several cases mainly manifested as asymptomatic comedones and pitted scars without notable inflammation had been reported namely as familial comedones,[sup][5],[6] which were similar to our cases.
A furuncle on the leg of a 23-year-old woman led to methidllin-resistant staphylococcus aureus sepsis and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) requiring tracheal intubation in the intensive care unit (ICU).
drink thrice a day person with kidney infection (UTI); treats diarrhea; lowers fever eaten raw for better digestion; prevents constipation (laxative); antioxidant Chrysobalanaceae Atuna cut, scrape the pulp, cures furuncle (a racemosa and apply on affected boil), as an Rafin.
Alexy Sufurin, a Russian scientist, writes in his book that by means of fasting a specific result can be obtained in treating diseases such as: anemia, dyspepsia, chronic extended enteritis, furuncle and inner abscess, consumption, rheumatism, gout (padagra, chiragra, gonagra), dropsy, sciatica, some ophthalmic diseases, diabetes, skin diseases, renal diseases, and so on.
furuncle, carbuncle, abscess, myocarditis, endocarditis, pneumonia, meningitis, bacterial arthritis) (VERHOEFF et al., 1999; MATIAS et al., 2012).
ulceraos disease is broad, spanning infectious and non infectious etiologies, including filariasis, phycomycosis, resolving furuncle, and pyoderma gangrenosum.
Characteristic bilateral involvement of the axillae, perineum, or inguinal folds is suggestive of HS, whereas a single, unilateral nodule more likely represents a staphylococcal furuncle. Lastly, the appearance of characteristic lesions in characteristic locations in a recurrent or cyclic fashion, with onset, rupture, healing, and reappearance, suggests HS.
It was the procedure that led us to determine anal fistula as a cause in our followed by cutaneous infections (furuncle) and urinary infections respectively in 129% and 968% patients respectively.
Atractylis gummifera is used in the dried form, in traditional medicine for its healing properties for local application (syphilis, furuncle, abscess), in the form of herbal as a diuretic, purgative, antipyretic, abortive and emetic (Skalli et al., 2002; Chardon et al., 1964).
In Chinese traditional medicine Glochidion puberum is used in dysentery, jaundice, leukorrhagia, common cold, sore throat, toothache, carbuncle, furuncle, rheumatic arthralgia (Fenglin et al., 2004).