Gaping wounds, puffy hands, heart infections: S.F. drug users suffer from more than overdoses
Kyle Jenkins never envisioned that he’d need a wheelchair by age 36. But Jenkins, who lives on the streets of San Francisco’s Tenderloin and uses fentanyl, has struggled with a recurrent skin ...
JENNI MURRAY: My infected toenail became a sepsis risk... which makes what happened next when I tried to see GP so utterly shocking
It's all very well for the Health Secretary Wes Streeting to be issuing orders to overstretched casualty departments at the ...
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Causes of Tongue Infection, Disease, and Pain
However, over-the-counter medications can help manage the pain of canker sores. Thrush is a yeast infection in the mouth. Yeast, also known as the fungus Candida, occurs naturally in the mouth. When ...
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Type 2 diabetes doubles infection-related mortality and exposes gaps in health reporting
People with type 2 diabetes face a significantly higher risk of infection-related deaths, particularly in younger age groups, ...
Elton John lost his vision from an eye infection. Here’s why that might happen—and how to prevent it
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After Woman's Parents Die from Sepsis 3 Months Apart in 'Devastating' Coincidence, She Gets a UTI that Leads to the Illness
Lyndsey Feeney's parents died 3 months apart from sepsis — then a urinary tract infection led to her getting the illness. Now ...
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How to avoid eye infections — and what to do if you get one
The main infections of concern are orbital cellulitis, endophthalmitis and infectious keratitis. In orbital cellulitis, the tissues around the eye become infected, inflamed and swollen. More cases ...
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Signs of a Bacterial or Viral Infection
If it were possible to tell the signs your body is fighting a bacterial infection from those of a viral infection, it would be easier to pinpoint the treatment you need if your symptoms aren't getting ...
Elton John loses sight after eye infection – how to avoid them and what to do if you get one
Sir Elton John recently revealed on ABC’s Good Morning America that he lost the sight in his right eye after suffering from ...
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Do any infectious diseases have a 100% fatality rate?
According to Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security, nearly all the infections that once had a 100% fatality rate can now be prevented ...
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Mom of Five's Vacation Tattoo Becomes 'Scabbed, Crusted and Black' After Skin Infection Leaves Her Hospitalized
Kennedy News & Media A mom of five said she was hospitalized — and told she might need her leg amputated — after a tattoo gave her a severe cellulitis infection. Liverpool, England ...