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.

natural cure boils

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Help me if you can! I am having an outbreak of boils currently. Needless to say I can miss these like a sore tooth and I need to rid myself of the boils as soon as I can. Not only are they painful, but boils also make you look terrible. What natural ways do you know of to cure boils as soon as...

by Guest over a year ago

natural cure perioral dermatitis

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I suspect that my five year old daughter suffers from perioral dermatitis, based on a google search that I did for red and dry skin around the lips. I am not sure that this is it, but I strongly suspect so. Before we contact any doctor about perioral dermatitis, I would like to get informed. Are...

by hermione1426156512 over a year ago

Chronic Folliculitis on Chin caused by Coagulase-Negative Staph???

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I have had chronic folliculitis on my chin for 2 years now. They are very small while bumps that when squeezed, secrete pus and sometimes blood. Untreated I can have up to 20 or more at a time all over my chin and sometimes on my lips or moustache area. It wasn't until I went to my GP and got a...

by darkvanilla155421 over a year ago

What if the patient not responded well to zinc replacement therapy?

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Zinc replacement therapy is the standard treatment for acrodermatitis enteropathica, and as far as I know it is also the only treatment. What do doctors do if a patient does not respond well to acrodermatitis enteropathica and zinc levels are still under acceptable and safe levels? I suppose that...

by fowler1280155171 over a year ago

lose toenail question

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Has anyone got a clue what to do with a loose toenail? I figure, now that it is about to come off, the best approach would be to lose it altogether. But what do I do? Do I pull the thing off or cut it, or what? I have heard that these things can result in nasty infections, though I have never had...

by brina_154577154577 over a year ago

shooting pain in front middle thigh, also sometimes painful to the touch, and numbness

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I started getting branch-like shooting pains in my right thigh last summer, then went through a period of numbness to the touch in the same place, with much less often occuring pains. My doctor checked my leg and ankle pulses and they were excellent. Now my symptoms are occasional not severe...

by clr over a year ago

natural cure of yeast infection

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I get yeast infection quite often. Now, this is more out of laziness than out of any desire to "go back to nature" or something like that, but I would like to have some herbs or natural cures for yeast infections on hand, for the next time. The thought of not having to see a doctor when I get a...

by jennifer2014151816 over a year ago

natural cures for eczema in children

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My five year old daughter has had issues with eczema pretty much since birth. At first, I thought it was just dry skin, but then the paediatrician confirmed it was eczema. We have tried a myriad of aggressive steroid creams which I never felt comfortable giving to her, but the doctor said they were...

by deina1933153205 over a year ago

natural cure dermatitis

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Hi. I have a query for a friend, if that is OK? Jane has been suffering from different forms of dermatitis for at least the ten years in which I have known her, and perhaps even longer than that. I think she has given up all hope that she will ever be dermatitis free. But I am sure that there must...

by bellina1455149934 over a year ago

natural cure rash

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I woke up with a rash all over my lower arms this morning. The rash that I have is itchy, with red and raised lumps. Perhaps this sounds crazy, but the more I scratch, the bigger the lumps are. What natural cures do you think I can use? Are there herbal creams or perhaps essential oils I could apply...

by marina1050149669 over a year ago