Couldn't find what you looking for?

TRY OUR SEARCH!

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.

Treating Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA) with home remedies?

I have Pityriasis lichenoides et varioliformis acuta (PLEVA). I’ve had it for 3 months now. My dermatologist is fairly certain but we are still waiting for the biopsy results. My old spots healed and new ones stopped growing for a week after I spent a week in Costa Rica in the sun and sea. I...

by User avatar antique turnip

When I get hot I get these painful pins and needles!

Answered by a doctor

Hello I'm 16 years old and have had this condition for 1 year. I dont know how it started but its affecting my life. I can't enjoy life as I use to. Thats how much its having a impact on my life.  Whenever I get hot from exercise, eat spicy food, angry, nervous, embarrased, its like I'm getting...

by User avatar Guest

I HAVE BURNING SENSATION OF SKIN AROUND OR BENEATH MY KNEE JOINT

Answered by a doctor

I HAVE A BURNING SENSATION BY MY KNEE JOINTS -- HAS SENSATION OF CARPET BURN ON SKIN, BUT NO DISCOLORATION, ETC. STARTED AFTER I HAD KNEEDLED WHILE DOING YARD WORK. ALREADY HAD DIAGNOSIS OF OSTEOARTHRITIS ABOUT 7 YRS AGO --i AM 57 YRS OLD FEMALE. i HAD ORTHROSCOPIC SURGERY ON RIGHT KNEE TO...

by User avatar GAYLE

Finger Tip Numbness Followed By Flaky, Peeling Skin

Answered by a doctor

Hello. I'm 36 year old male and I would like to find out more about possible causes of my problem. You see, about three weeks ago I started to suffer from some really strange symptoms. The first symptom was fingertips numbness which frightened me the most because I have never experienced anything...

by User avatar Guest

Tiny bugs causing itching all over body.

Answered by a doctor

Just a few days ago my partner and I were hanging out at his house. He found a bug around his crotch. It was kind of clear/yellowish? and had dark spots on it. We thought we had crabs somehow. His roommate said they were bedbugs. They aren't bed bugs from what I can tell because they...

by User avatar shivalia

home remedy for gaulding

I need a home remedy for gaulding.

by User avatar bettydwv85230

red spots under skin on both legs and top of feet

Answered by a doctor

I seem to have frecle size red spots all down the frount of my legs and now the tops of my feet. they appear like little blood spots. There is no itch. I mention to my DR. She ignored it like it was nothing ?????? It concerns me that it may be the for runner of some other thing.

by User avatar eleisea

Thick White Skin On Fingers

Over the last year or so, I have been getting this thick white skin growing on my index, middle, and ring fingers on my right hand. It does not hurt, there is no pain at all. It is just this white skin, its looks pretty odd. Over time, the skin will get a thicker, and a bit more white in color...

by User avatar compkid0185078

post chicken pox scar on forehead;

Hello, i was curious if anyone out there has had any luck getting rid of a scar caused by chicken pox? I should explain that i have had this scar since i was about 15 years old when i had chicken pox. it is not a new scar. Up until recently i did not really care too much that i had it but i have...

by User avatar Guest

extremely chapped, red, swollen lips

Answered by a doctor

I have extremely chapped, red, swollen, sensitive lips. This started almost 2 months ago. I woke up with a red lining inside my lips one day. I couldn't eat anything really salty or spicy without the inside of my lips burning, and I still can't. A couple of weeks after the red lining, I woke up in...

by User avatar Summer