If you think you have an abscess, call your dentist. If you cannot reach a dentist, go to a hospital's emergency department for evaluation, especially if you feel sick. If an infection becomes so ...

Clinical presentation of lactational breast abscess usually includes fever, chills, malaise, and recent or recurrent mastitis. Pain, erythema, and firmness over an area of the breast are typically ...

In severe cases, it can result in tooth loss. A periodontal abscess is an accumulation of pus within the gums surrounding a tooth. They are an immune system response to infection. A periodontal ...

Starting near the vaginal apex, the pararectal fascia is closed over the rectal wall using absorbable or nonabsorbable 2-0 or 0 suture in an interrupted fashion (Fig. 7). After the first or second ...

An anal abscess is an anal gland infection that causes pain, redness, and drainage in the rectal area. The drainage may be blood, pus, or stool. Untreated anal abscesses can develop into fistulas.

A peritonsillar abscess is a collection of pus that forms near one of the tonsils. This type of abscess forms when a bacterial infection spreads from an infected tonsil to the surrounding area.

Pulp necrosis is an irreversible condition that occurs when the soft pulp inside of a tooth dies. This is the last stage of a disease called pulpitis. There is a pulp chamber inside of each of ...

If the infection spreads, the boil can grow larger and become an abscess. This is a deep pocket of pus that requires urgent medical attention. Sometimes, other boils will erupt around the first one.

A surgeon pops a huge abscess on a man's jaw and captured the moment on video. Doctor Osama Makkia spent 20 minutes scrapping the pus out of his patient's abscess - which he admits is one of the ...

On day 4, she developed fever and was started on antibiotics. As CT scan performed on day 7 showed large frontal subdural empyema with abscess and midline shift, she was transferred to a neurosurgical ...

This study investigated whether the type of dressing applied after abscess drainage is correlated with fistula development. Prevention of fistula formation would reduce both the loss of work and ...

The standard treatment for appendicitis is an appendectomy. Antibiotics are an alternative treatment option if the appendix has not ruptured and there are no complications, like abscess formation or ...