There were no significant differences in age, gender or abscess location between the two groups. Only 34 subjects (66%) returned for the 48 hour follow up visit. Thirteen (54%) of these were from ...

If you think you have an abscess, call your dentist. If you cannot reach a dentist, go to a hospital's emergency department for evaluation, especially if you feel sick. If an infection becomes so ...

Harvest data indicated no difference in the quality grade, yield grade, or carcass weights between the four groups, but the low starch/TMR group had slightly heavier carcass weights. Most telling was ...

A peritonsillar abscess forms in the tissues of the throat next to one of the tonsils. An abscess is a collection of pus that forms near an area of infected skin or other soft tissue. The abscess ...

You’ve probably experienced that dreadful feeling the moment you find a boil or a pimple on your skin. The ugly, red bumps can be painful. Plus, they can take weeks to fully heal, possibly leaving a ...

What is a cerebral abscess? A cerebral abscess is a pus-filled pocket of infected material in your brain. It is sometimes called a brain abscess. An abscess can cause your brain to swell, putting ...

Furuncles and carbuncles are two similar types of skin abscesses. A furuncle, sometimes called a boil, is caused when a hair follicle becomes infected and creates a small abscess. A carbuncle is ...

What is an epidural abscess? An epidural abscess is an infection that forms in the space between your skull bones and your brain lining (intracranial epidural abscess). Quite often, it forms in the ...

Surprisingly, there was no statistical difference in the proportion of animals with a liver abscess between those fed regularly and those on the erratic feeding schedule. But there was a significant ...

Once you've achieved that, a world of possibilities opens up: cooking pasta, hard-boiling eggs, and even blanching veggies. What's less basic is catching the difference between boiling and simmering, ...