ACNE
Published July 28, 2024 | 
WHAT IS IT?
Most of us get a few blackheads or pimples now and then. These small bumps or blemishes on the skin are quite normal. They soon go away and are nothing to worry about. The skin problem called acne can be more troubling, though. It’s a long-lasting, sometimes severe flareup of pimples, most often on the face, chest, and back. Continue reading
CONTACT DERMATITIS
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Your skin is your body’s largest organ-and one of the hardest working. It protects you from the sun, stores water and fat, helps control your body’s temperature, and fends off assaults from invaders such as dirt, insects, germs, and smoky air.
Contact dermatitis-crusty, dry, itchy red patches or rashes, and sometimes blistering, oozing sores-is a skin ailment caused by something your skin touches. The things that trigger contact dermatitis, also called contact eczema, vary from person to person, Continue reading
ECZEMA
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Your skin is your body’s largest organ, and one of its most hardworking. It protects you from the sun, stores water and fat, helps control your body’s temperature, and fends off assaults from invaders such as dirt, insects, smoky air, and germs.
Despite the heroic job your skin does, you probably don’t give it much thought until something goes wrong-for instance, eczema, a skin disease marked by red, crusty, itchy patches or rashes, and sometimes blistering, oozing sores. These symptoms most often stem from an allergy or other reaction to something you touch, eat, or breathe in. Continue reading
PSORIASIS
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Your skin is your body’s largest organ-and one of its hardest working. It protects you from the sun, stores water and fat, helps control your body’s temperature, and fends off assaults from invaders such as dirt, insects, smoky air, and germs. Continue reading
VARICOSE VEINS
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Veins are the blood vessels that carry blood back to your heart from the rest of the body. Varicose veins form when blood collects inside, making them swell and turn dark blue. Varicose veins often develop in the legs near the skin, and they’re easy to see. The smallest type of varicose veins, called spider veins, appear on the surface of the legs. Less often, varicose veins form deeper in the legs, where they can’t be seen. Varicose veins may also form in the arms, or near the anus, where they are called hemorrhoids. Continue reading
SKIN CANCER
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
The term cancer covers more than a hundred diseases that share one trait: In all of them, cells grow out of control and destroy healthy tissue. Skin cancer affects the cells in the outer layers of your skin. There are three types of skin cancer: basal cell carcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, and the most serious, malignant melanoma. Continue reading
SCABIES
Published July 28, 2024 | WHAT IS IT?
Scabies is a skin disease caused by a tiny mite, a distant cousin of the spider. These mites live only on humans and get under your skin anywhere on your body, but most often in the folds of the skin.
Scabies is not serious, but the itching it brings can be severe. The discomfort is worse at night when you’re resting and more likely to notice the itching, which can make it hard to sleep. If you scratch and break the skin, you may get other skin diseases that are harder to get rid of than scabies. Continue reading
What makes a bruise turn colors?
Published July 25, 2024 | A bruise is a collection of blood in tissue; your description suggests that the blood is in the subcutaneous (below the skin) tissue beneath the site of the injury. The painful lump is most likely a hematoma, a localized collection of blood that is usually clotted. Continue reading