The noun folliculitis has one meaning:
inflammation of a hair follicle
Folliculitis, is inflammation of one or more hair follicles. The condition may occur anywhere on the skin.
Folliculitis starts when hair follicles are damaged by friction from clothing, blockage of the follicle, or shaving.
In most cases of folliculitis, the damaged follicles are then infected with the bacteria Staphylococcus (staph).
Barber's itch is a staph infection of the hair follicles in the bearded area of the face, usually the upper lip.
Shaving aggravates the condition.
Tinea barbae is similar to barber's itch, but the infection is caused by a fungus.
Pseudofolliculitis barbae is a disorder occurring primarily in men of African extraction.
If curly beard hairs are cut too short, they may curve back into the skin and cause inflammation.
Monday, October 31, 2005
Willis High School Football Player Was Hospitalized
.....The football player was discharged from Conroe Regional Medical Center Friday, according CRMC spokeswoman Fritz Guthrie...
....However, one Conroe woman told The Courier a staph infection that spread from her grandson, a football player at Oak Ridge High School, to his mother and father sent the father to the hospital in serious condition. Bertha Burson's grandson first had a staph infection last year....
...Staph bacteria can cause boils, impetigo, folliculitis, cellulites and toxic shock syndrome. In 2002, there was such a large outbreak of boils among athletic teams in Texas that the Texas Department of Health....
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....However, one Conroe woman told The Courier a staph infection that spread from her grandson, a football player at Oak Ridge High School, to his mother and father sent the father to the hospital in serious condition. Bertha Burson's grandson first had a staph infection last year....
...Staph bacteria can cause boils, impetigo, folliculitis, cellulites and toxic shock syndrome. In 2002, there was such a large outbreak of boils among athletic teams in Texas that the Texas Department of Health....
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Thursday, October 27, 2005
Folliculitis
.....With common names like hot tub folliculitis and barber's itch, folliculitis may sound more like a bad joke than a skin disorder. But folliculitis, an infection of the hair follicles, is no laughing matter. Severe cases may cause permanent hair loss and scarring....
Want To Know More About Folliculitis? Read Here!
Want To Know More About Folliculitis? Read Here!
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Features Found in Staphylococci
If you are interested in learning more about the bacteria that cause boils etc...
.....1. The Carrier State:
• Staphylococcus aureus is not normal flora, but it transiently colonizes the
nasopharynx of up to 30% of the population.
• Colonization can occur in the nasopharynx, skin, and vagina.
• Increased chances of being colonized occur in medical personnel, diabetics, and IV drug users.....
....2. Direct Infection:
• Skin: folliculitis, furuncles, carbuncles, abscesses, cellulitis, and wound
infection.
• Deep Infection: often post trama and/or surgery e.g., osteomyelitis.....
You Can Read and Download the Document Here (pdf-format)
This document also contians some links to Pitures of Boils, Furuncles and Carbuncles.
.....1. The Carrier State:
• Staphylococcus aureus is not normal flora, but it transiently colonizes the
nasopharynx of up to 30% of the population.
• Colonization can occur in the nasopharynx, skin, and vagina.
• Increased chances of being colonized occur in medical personnel, diabetics, and IV drug users.....
....2. Direct Infection:
• Skin: folliculitis, furuncles, carbuncles, abscesses, cellulitis, and wound
infection.
• Deep Infection: often post trama and/or surgery e.g., osteomyelitis.....
You Can Read and Download the Document Here (pdf-format)
This document also contians some links to Pitures of Boils, Furuncles and Carbuncles.
Boils And Carbuncles - Quick Reference Guide
Quick Reference Guide - Boils And Carbuncles
With medication advices...Consider using an antibiotic if...
...A boil (furuncle) is an acute infection of a hair follicle, usually by Staphylococcus aureus. Boils arise in hair-bearing sites, particularly where there is friction, occlusion, and perspiration....
You can Download the Guide Here (pdf-format)
With medication advices...Consider using an antibiotic if...
...A boil (furuncle) is an acute infection of a hair follicle, usually by Staphylococcus aureus. Boils arise in hair-bearing sites, particularly where there is friction, occlusion, and perspiration....
You can Download the Guide Here (pdf-format)
Monday, October 24, 2005
Pictures of Boils Fooiculities Nigerian Shin Disease Furnucle...
Pictures and descriptions of
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION NIGERIAN SHIN DISEASE FOLLICULITIS SCARRING BOIL CELLULITIS FURUNCLE and more...
....This healthy 9-year-old boy developed large tender deep seated boils many capped with purplent draining pustules. Shortly before admission to the hospital he developed a fever to 38.5 degrees C, tender fluctuant local lymph nodes, and overlying cellulitis....
....A 22-year-old woman complained of ichy follicular pustules on both shins for 7 years. Treatment with several antibiotics gave only temporary releif....
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STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION NIGERIAN SHIN DISEASE FOLLICULITIS SCARRING BOIL CELLULITIS FURUNCLE and more...
....This healthy 9-year-old boy developed large tender deep seated boils many capped with purplent draining pustules. Shortly before admission to the hospital he developed a fever to 38.5 degrees C, tender fluctuant local lymph nodes, and overlying cellulitis....
....A 22-year-old woman complained of ichy follicular pustules on both shins for 7 years. Treatment with several antibiotics gave only temporary releif....
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Prison Skin Infection Could Spread
Life behind bars — with its close contact and sharing of soap and towels — has contributed to several prison and jail outbreaks of a hard-to-treat skin infection that health officials fear could easily spread to the outside.....
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Pustules
A pustule is a localized collection of yellow–green fluid containing polymor-phonuclear leucocytes and their breakdown products.
Pustules may appear de novo following neutrophil-mediated inflammation, for example in a bacterial folliculitis.
They may also be caused by gradual polymorphaccumulation in a pre-existing clear vesicle, as occurs in herpesvirus infections.
In this case, an initially clear vesicle becomes cloudy (a transitional stage sometimes called a vesicopustule), and subsequently, the more typical yellow–green colour develops.
The distinction between these two methods of formation is useful in differential diagnosis, but is not always easy to determine unless lesions at different stages are present concurrently or unless individual lesions are observed at intervals.
It can also be difficult to distinguishbetween an early vesicopustule with slightly turbid fluid content due to inflammatory cells and a vesicle with clear fluid content but a damaged over-lying epidermis, as both can be grey in colour.
It is therefore simplest to reserve the term pustule for established lesions with the typical yellow or green colour.
Healing pustules may form a scab or crust in some disorders, notably palmoplantar pustulosis where a brown scale develops as the pustule resolves.
Pustules of the same duration tend to be relatively monomorphic, so the presence of resolving lesions at the same time as fresh pustules implies an ongoing process.
Where pustules appear as crops, they are typical of varicella, in which new vesicles coexist with pustules and with necrotic oldlesions; pustules at several stages of evolution are also typical of chronic dis-orders, such as palmoplantar pustulosis.
The converse is not necessarily true, for example, the lesions of pityrosporum folliculitis tend to be fairly monomorphic irrespective of duration.
Pustules may appear de novo following neutrophil-mediated inflammation, for example in a bacterial folliculitis.
They may also be caused by gradual polymorphaccumulation in a pre-existing clear vesicle, as occurs in herpesvirus infections.
In this case, an initially clear vesicle becomes cloudy (a transitional stage sometimes called a vesicopustule), and subsequently, the more typical yellow–green colour develops.
The distinction between these two methods of formation is useful in differential diagnosis, but is not always easy to determine unless lesions at different stages are present concurrently or unless individual lesions are observed at intervals.
It can also be difficult to distinguishbetween an early vesicopustule with slightly turbid fluid content due to inflammatory cells and a vesicle with clear fluid content but a damaged over-lying epidermis, as both can be grey in colour.
It is therefore simplest to reserve the term pustule for established lesions with the typical yellow or green colour.
Healing pustules may form a scab or crust in some disorders, notably palmoplantar pustulosis where a brown scale develops as the pustule resolves.
Pustules of the same duration tend to be relatively monomorphic, so the presence of resolving lesions at the same time as fresh pustules implies an ongoing process.
Where pustules appear as crops, they are typical of varicella, in which new vesicles coexist with pustules and with necrotic oldlesions; pustules at several stages of evolution are also typical of chronic dis-orders, such as palmoplantar pustulosis.
The converse is not necessarily true, for example, the lesions of pityrosporum folliculitis tend to be fairly monomorphic irrespective of duration.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Furuncle What Is It?
A boil or furuncle is an infection of a hair follicle. The follicle is the small hole in the skin where a hair is formed. Many people get boils. They grow deep into the skin. Clusters of boils are called carbuncles. Boils are usually found on the face, neck, breasts, armpits, and buttocks.
What Are The Symptoms Of Skin Abscess?
Skin lesion maybe seen.
Abscess will be in the form of open sore or closed, domed nodule.
There maybe localized swelling, redness and induration.
Affected area is tender and warm to touch.
Abscess will be in the form of open sore or closed, domed nodule.
There maybe localized swelling, redness and induration.
Affected area is tender and warm to touch.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Skin Abscess
A skin abscess is a collection of pus and infected material in or on the skin.
Skin abscesses are fairly common. They are caused when an infection causes pus and infected material to collect in the skin. Skin abscesses may follow a bacterial infection, commonly an infection with staphylococcus. They can develop after a minor wound, injury, or as a complication of folliculitis or boils. Skin abscesses may occur anywhere on the body. They affect people of all ages.
An abscess can prevent deeper tissues from functioning properly. The infection may spread locally or throughout the body. The spread of infection through the bloodstream may cause severe complications.
Skin abscesses are fairly common. They are caused when an infection causes pus and infected material to collect in the skin. Skin abscesses may follow a bacterial infection, commonly an infection with staphylococcus. They can develop after a minor wound, injury, or as a complication of folliculitis or boils. Skin abscesses may occur anywhere on the body. They affect people of all ages.
An abscess can prevent deeper tissues from functioning properly. The infection may spread locally or throughout the body. The spread of infection through the bloodstream may cause severe complications.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Keeping Infections Off The Team
..A recent article in the News-Leader and an alert by the county health department have reported a significant rise in the number of cases of superficial skin infections in relatively healthy people.
....A break in the skin is all it takes for bacteria to gain entry and begin the process of developing an infection. When athletes share towels and equipment or trade jerseys during practice, the bacteria are passed from player to player, making the situation worse.....
...The best method of treating the spread of infections is to reduce the development of the infection in the first place. Proper hygiene is a must...
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....A break in the skin is all it takes for bacteria to gain entry and begin the process of developing an infection. When athletes share towels and equipment or trade jerseys during practice, the bacteria are passed from player to player, making the situation worse.....
...The best method of treating the spread of infections is to reduce the development of the infection in the first place. Proper hygiene is a must...
Read More Here
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Skin Boils Video
Found this video, but unfortunately the playback is not available yet.
However, will check back frequently to see when it is available...
Video
Secrets of the Dead - Playback is currently not available
Scientists try to determine when syphilis first appeared in Europe.
KQED - PBS - 1 hour - Wed, Jul 13, 2005, 8:00PM PDT
(5 minutes 30 seconds)
GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): The swelling of the glands was followed by an abscess from which a putrid-smelling puss flowed for four months. ROBERTS: The second stage, which occurs about three to six months after infection you get a generalized rash. GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): They experienced intense pains in head and bones and soon boils appeared all over the body. ROBERTS: It's the third phase where you get considerable ulceration on the skin.
However, will check back frequently to see when it is available...
Video
Secrets of the Dead - Playback is currently not available
Scientists try to determine when syphilis first appeared in Europe.
KQED - PBS - 1 hour - Wed, Jul 13, 2005, 8:00PM PDT
(5 minutes 30 seconds)
GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): The swelling of the glands was followed by an abscess from which a putrid-smelling puss flowed for four months. ROBERTS: The second stage, which occurs about three to six months after infection you get a generalized rash. GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): They experienced intense pains in head and bones and soon boils appeared all over the body. ROBERTS: It's the third phase where you get considerable ulceration on the skin.
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
What Is Homopaths Most Likely Choices for Skin Boils?
The most likely choices are Belladonna or Hepar sulphuris. If the boil has already formed, Mercurius vivus or Silica may be recommended to bring the pus to a head.
Homeopaths maintain that taking the proper homeopathic medication in the first stages of a boil or carbuncle will bring about early resolution of the infection and prevent pus formation.
Homeopaths maintain that taking the proper homeopathic medication in the first stages of a boil or carbuncle will bring about early resolution of the infection and prevent pus formation.
The Spread of Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria in Gulf Coast
Hurricane Katrina cause another major storm..
...At least 30 adults and children in a Texas evacuation center show boils on their skin, according to the CDC. Preliminary tests suggest that some of the infections may be caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant bacteria.....
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...At least 30 adults and children in a Texas evacuation center show boils on their skin, according to the CDC. Preliminary tests suggest that some of the infections may be caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a drug-resistant bacteria.....
Read More Here
Monday, October 10, 2005
Inmates Risk New Strains of Infections
This article shows how staphylococcus aureus can be spread....
Mark Stewart is afraid of infecting his fiancee and friends in southern Delaware's network of small, quiet communities.
A 45-year-old convicted drug user, Stewart is a likely carrier of a virulent bacteria called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which can lead to infection by flesh-eating bacteria. He believes he contracted MRSA inside prison in Delaware, where he spent six months recently on a probation violation.
In that stay behind bars, Stewart was exposed to bacteria by a cellmate who burst his own untreated boils. Soon after, a spot on Stewart's scalp swelled into a bump. ....
"Mark did have an MRSA infection," Dr. Stephen D. Carey wrote in a letter Stewart said he delivered to Robert I. George, the Sussex Community Corrections Center's warden. "He is likely now to be a carrier of that bacteria. The implications of this to your organization are to be determined by yourselves, however, he is again a carrier of the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection."......
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Mark Stewart is afraid of infecting his fiancee and friends in southern Delaware's network of small, quiet communities.
A 45-year-old convicted drug user, Stewart is a likely carrier of a virulent bacteria called methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA, which can lead to infection by flesh-eating bacteria. He believes he contracted MRSA inside prison in Delaware, where he spent six months recently on a probation violation.
In that stay behind bars, Stewart was exposed to bacteria by a cellmate who burst his own untreated boils. Soon after, a spot on Stewart's scalp swelled into a bump. ....
"Mark did have an MRSA infection," Dr. Stephen D. Carey wrote in a letter Stewart said he delivered to Robert I. George, the Sussex Community Corrections Center's warden. "He is likely now to be a carrier of that bacteria. The implications of this to your organization are to be determined by yourselves, however, he is again a carrier of the methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus infection."......
Read More Here
Friday, October 07, 2005
Skin infection spreads here
This article shows how boils can be spread....
Skin infection spreads here
"This is a serious problem and we want people to be aware that minor sores and boils that do not heal really need medical attention," said Kim Geib, an epidemiologist nurse with the Nassau County Health Department....
In one recent case, a 4-year-old girl was taken to Baptist Medical Center Nassau with large, painful boils all over her body, said Geib...
Read More Here
Skin infection spreads here
"This is a serious problem and we want people to be aware that minor sores and boils that do not heal really need medical attention," said Kim Geib, an epidemiologist nurse with the Nassau County Health Department....
In one recent case, a 4-year-old girl was taken to Baptist Medical Center Nassau with large, painful boils all over her body, said Geib...
Read More Here
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
The Skin Is A Mirror Of Our Bodies.
The skin is a mirror of our bodies overall health. Skin eruptions are generally a sign of an extensive buildup of toxins in the body, overwhelming the bodies ability to destroy and eliminate them, and thereby depress the immune system causing the eruptions and an number of other reactions.
Many herpalists belive skin boils are caused by blood impurities and certain minerals missing from the diet. So, if you are prone to boils to take a look at your diet and take steps to remedy it. Have proper nutrition and eat lots of fresh vegetables. Also drink plenty of water.
Many herpalists belive skin boils are caused by blood impurities and certain minerals missing from the diet. So, if you are prone to boils to take a look at your diet and take steps to remedy it. Have proper nutrition and eat lots of fresh vegetables. Also drink plenty of water.
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