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.

I'm getting scabs and yellowish white fluid on my navel ring

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I've had my navel ring for almost a year and it's never been fully healed. It gets scabs and has yellowish white fluid on it. It gets red and itchy sometimes. In my shower a big scab next to it started falling off so I lightly pulled it off and now I have a yellow bump where the scab was. I have no...

by Guest over a year ago

fast spreading ringworm on my body

Im flipping out here. As most of you know im 13. I have ringworm on my bum, crease of my arm and one on stomach. It started with one.on my calf then there were two more and it kept increasing. I am soooo grossed out I want to burn it all off. I need help. I ran out of tea tree oil so used eucalyptus...

by abby_babby_001313476 over a year ago

red swollen fingertip after acrylic nails

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I had a lifted nail a few days ago. I am a landscaper so I bent it more than a few times hurting it of course. I got my nails done as usual nothing out of the ordinary except normal lifting pain! Ever since whole fingertip and nail are very sore and its red! I have to keep it elevated or it throbs...

by alicia over a year ago

Swollen cheeks after applying new soap

Well i started getting this red blochy stuff on my cheeks, right after i put this new soap stuff on my face and i woke up the s'morning to swollen, irratated, blochy cheeks and i'm seeing a doctor tonight, just wandering if you could suggest anything i could put on my face in the mean time??

by Lara over a year ago

I think my 4 year old son has PR, It started out as a very itchy red and bumpy spot on his neck

Can someone please contact me about this. I think my 4 year old son has PR. I have taken him to the doctor 5 times in the last month and this rash isnt going away. It started out as a very itchy red and bumpy spot on his neck. Then spread all over his body, arms and back. Now it is going down to his...

by thedawg28 over a year ago

For the past 3 years I have battled constant hives, they occur when I'm hot or exposed to cold

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Hello everyone! I am a 19 yr 108lbs female. For the past 3 years I have battled constant hives, they occur when I'm hot or exposed to cold. I went to the doctor who told me I would grow out of it. That was 2 years ago. I was prescribe hydroxyzine for the itching. In the past 4 months I took myself...

by Bearr325325199 over a year ago

Strange symptoms. Splinters in Hands and feet.

Hello, I just found this site so I hope I'm posting this thread in the proper place. I'm looking for some answers/advice on what's been happening to my fiance lately. It started with a bad flu, shakes, fever, sore throat.. etc A couple of days after the flu left he said it felt like he had splinters...

by Daash325028 over a year ago

The thumb on my left hand stays red all the time

The thumb on my left hand stays red all the time. Sometimes it's a depeer red than other times but always red. I have PAF(pure autonomic failure)so I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Can anyone help me answer this riddle?

by Angelily324964 over a year ago

i have a Birthmarks on my Face and i really want them vanish

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I'm 29 years Old, and i have a Birth mark on my Face. and i really wanted them vanish and leaves my face as natural as its, what will i Use to make them Disappear? Help with any advice #SH Thank You.

by AadamsMjb324328 over a year ago

Need to get rid of pimples on my bottom

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Hi I am 14 years of age and I have pimples on my butt. Can someone please help me? I DO NOT want to use oil, I am also not alergic to anything. From what I have read online these cases get REALLY bad. If somone has found a solution please help and reply. Oh and 1 more thing I am NOT a girl.

by Random user over a year ago