Introduction Skin and soft tissue infections of the eye can be classified based on anatomic location as either anterior to the orbital septum (ie, periorbital cellulitis) or posterior to the orbital ...

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Eye pain begins when you have inflammation or an infection, eye disease, or injury. Many common and serious eye conditions fall under these categories. A few of the most common painful eye problems ...

POD is an inflammatory facial eruption, presenting as tiny monomorphic flesh-colored to erythematous papules, vesicles, or pustules around the mouth (see Figure 1), and in some cases involving the ...

If the patient has reported a history of steroid use, the first treatment step should be to discontinue the medication's use immediately. However, the patient should be aware that this may result ...

Though it’s extremely rare, one study from Clinical Ophthalmology, a peer-reviewed journal, found that topical bimatoprost, a popular type of prostaglandin analog, might lead to periorbital ...

The symptoms are similar to more common skin infections like cellulitis. Necrotising fasciitis gets worse quickly and can be fatal. It must be treated in hospital as soon as possible. Treatment ...

Anonymous, 34, Ohio 2."Nurse here. Infected hair follicles or bug bites. Cellulitis is no joke. I’ve seen people lose limbs by ignoring the infection, or worse, become septic and end up in the ICU.

For example, you may notice that darker spots appear on your skin after acne heals. Periorbital hyperpigmentation (POH) is when hyperpigmentation happens around your eyes. People with this ...

The early stages of kidney damage may cause few or no symptoms. However, as damage accumulates and prevents the kidneys from functioning correctly, people may begin to notice symptoms. These may ...