This was a prospective, randomized, single-blinded study of 48 adult subjects presenting to a single emergency department with simple cutaneous abscesses. All adult patients with cutaneous abscesses ...

To reduce discomfort for patients who need their skin abscess repacked with gauze strip: (1) Pull out old packing. (2) If wound is not clean, gently irrigate with saline. (3) Using a needleless ...

Just wondering what I should do. Last week Friday I had a rather large abscesses drained on my chest at an urgent care facility (it went from 0 to 100 REALLY quickly) It was gross and yucky as those ...

Almost 90% of all anal abscesses are caused by blocked glands that become infected. The most common type of anal abscess is a perianal abscess, which typically appears as a painful swelling near the ...