If you have any injury with open skin, you need to take care of it to avoid infection. Keeping a wound clean, washing your hands before touching it, and following any instructions from your doctor ...

Dear Doctor: My boyfriend let a friend of his pierce his earlobe and cartilage, and both places got infected. He says things will get better on their own, but I’m worried. What should he be doing?

Wound infections are one of the most stubborn complications after general surgery. They increase pain, hospital stays and ...

Laura Bamford emerges from the exam room after spending about an hour with a regular patient. He’s smiling, and she’s beaming. Actually, Bamford looks relieved. She just drained the patient’s abscess.

I had to take my cat in to my vet recently for an abscess on the side of her face that was all puffed up. She had lost her appetite, and I was told that she had a fever as well as really bad teeth.

I am going to be frank with you. When it comes to packing an abscess, I absolutely hate it. There is something so barbaric to the idea of shoving a foreign object into someone and telling them to come ...

Medically reviewed by Jennifer Schwartz, MD Key Takeaways Serosanguineous drainage is normal during wound healing and is thin ...

Occasional cuts and other types of wounds happen, and the best way to help prevent them from getting infected is by cleaning them with lukewarm water and mild soap. However, if a wound does get ...

With the advent (I think) of spring, what does the typical veterinary hospital see? Well, we see a lot of cats, outdoor cats, with bite wound abscesses. The usual presenting complaint is that the cat ...

Tunnels underneath the skin’s surface mean yourwound isn’t healing well. Tissue is being damaged, and without the right care, even more serious complications can occur. An open wound is an unsettling ...

Q My cat lives to go outdoors, especially in the summer. Every so often, he gets in a scrap and comes home with a wound that I promptly wash off and apply antibiotic ointment to. This time, he has a ...