Spinal epidural abscess is an infection in the epidural space. Patients typically present with localized back or neck pain (or both) that is accompanied by fever or neurologic symptoms. Magnetic ...

Anything related to anal health is often ignored, misunderstood, or awkward to talk about. Most people tend to label every discomfort in that area as "piles", but that's not always the case.

The Hurley system is used to diagnose the stages of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). Stage III of HS is the most severe and can cause widespread lumps and chronic pain. Treatments vary by stage and can ...

A retropharyngeal abscess is a life-threatening collection of pus that forms in the back of the throat. It typically develops when the lymph nodes behind your throat become infected. They may have ...

This week, in the American Journal of Pathology, two San Francisco doctors offer an unexpected reply: the clot forms as the result of a reaction between arterial blood and material from a diseased ...

Appendicitis treatment may include antibiotics instead of surgery for uncomplicated cases. Antibiotics can treat infections in the appendix before it bursts, preventing the spread of bacteria. Both ...

A powerful blast of energy detected in March marks the brightest fast radio burst — a mysterious type of outburst from space — observed to date. FRBs, first observed in 2007, are millisecond-long ...

Astronomers have spotted the brightest fast radio burst yet coming from a nearby galaxy. Observations of this phenomenon, a powerful flash of radio waves that lasts only about a millisecond, could ...

Blocked airway. Mucus can form behind a tumor or foreign object in your windpipe and cause an abscess. If bacteria get into the mucus, the blockage stops you from coughing it out. Blood-borne causes.

A Buena Vista pet owner is advising others to be wary around certain grasses that are common around walking trails in Buena Vista. When Marianne Maes first started raising Siberian huskies while ...