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Skin Conditions

Skin can get infected by bacteria, viruses, fungus and parasites. Discuss topics related to bacterial infections (cellulitis, folliculitis, boils, and carbuncles, Staphylococcal Scalded Skin Syndrome); fungal infections (Candidiasis — yeast Infection, ringworm, Tinea Versicolor); viral infections (Cold Sores, Herpes Zoster — Shingles, warts) and parasitic skin infections (creeping eruption, lice, scabies). There are also many skin inflammations, including psoriasis, eczema, and dermatitis. You can post topics related to skin infections and inflammations as well as other skin topics that do not belong to the other forums right here.

What skin conditions is caused by viruses?

I think that my dad has shingles or some other skin viral infection. Of course, he needs to go to doctor. I know something about shingles because I watched some TV program about it few months ago. But I want to know something more about viral infections. What skin conditions is caused by viruses?

by User avatar antonius50731

what should you do if your hand's skin is peeling off

i just suffered from a weird problem of my skin peeling off at my hands,especially the right hand . Actually , some people just started with a very minor problem at first with only a small area of their hands' skin peeling off but they just keep on peeling it making his hands looks really seriously...

by User avatar Guest

planters wart on bottom of foot

Hi I have a bump on the bottom of my left foot, my friend said it is a planter wart, I looked it up and someone said to use orogano oil and a hook thingy to pull the root out, my question is what is orogano oil and where do you find it and what does the hook things look like and how do you use...

by User avatar dancingbunny77285

Steatocystoma multiplex questions

Answered by a doctor

Hi all, I recently figured out that my husband has steatocystoma. He has been told by derms in the past that they are sweat glands or ingrown hairs but that never sat right with me. His case seems mild to me, he has less than 30 cysts total and most are on his chest and abdomen with a few scattered...

by User avatar Partera183886

Slight Skin Peeling W/ Scrapes..

Alright, so I am a 15 year old girl. These past... two weeks or so, I've been having some problems with my skin. I have no clue how I got it, either. It started out as these bumps on my left AND right ring fingers... They were these tiny red bumps and my fingers felt strangely smooth. Eventually...

by User avatar MzAnthropIk43334

Steatocystoma Multiplex / Pachyonychia Congenita

Answered by a doctor

I don't know if anyone out there who has SM and PC checks this forum anymore, but I just need to vent. I've found that I am super depressed because of my condition. I cry a lot. I'm 22, a female, and have numerous wounds in my groin area that open, bleed, then heal every once in a while only to...

by User avatar xaleia81873

acute paranychia

Yesterday it happened to me the weirdest thing ever. My nail got all red and swollen and some puss has formed under it. It hurts now and I can feel the warmth. I showed it to my friend and she told me her mom had the same problem and that this is called something like acute paranychia. I would like...

by User avatar Guest

I'm frustrated with rashes on my face

hi i am 25 years old ,i m frusteted wid rashes on my face (skin was not clear),darken eyes n dry skin problem even though i m enuff fair .please help me uot of dis ...

by User avatar Guest

Follicuitis

I found bump, located in the upper part of my pubic area, no irritation, and it's almost hardly noticeable, the size of the tip of a pin, but it's worrying me. This bump doesn’t look like the pictures I've seen, or sound like descriptions of what herpes or genital warts are supposed to look like...

by User avatar Guest

Pus Pimples on my arms, hands, groin!?

Answered by a doctor

Ok this is my problem when the weather starts to get hot that means that when the spring comes i start to get some pimples filled with puss in my arms and some in my wrists sometmes i get some in my stomach too and groin, they are not itchy but i hate it when i get them because i feel embarased to...

by User avatar TiredOfIt