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Benign lichenoid keratosis — or lichen planus — is a noncancerous health condition that can affect your mucous membranes, hair, skin, and nails. Read on to discover what you need to know about symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and risks.‌ Understanding Benign Lichenoid Keratosis Benign lichenoid keratosis happens when your immune system attacks your cells for no obvious reason. It develops over time, causing swelling and irritation. Most cases are mild and respond well to home treatment. Medical attention is usually unnecessary.  ‌ Benign lichenoid keratosis looks unpleasant, but it isn't contagious. It can appear anywhere on your skin. It's most common in areas like your mouth, vagina, and other areas covered with skin. ‌ Middle-aged people have the highest risk of getting benign lichenoid keratosis. Oral benign lichenoid keratosis also affects women most often. ‌ The causes of benign lichenoid keratosis is unknown, but some events have been connected to its appearance:...

Wei Liu , resident dermatologist , Dong-Lai Ma , professor of dermatology Department of Dermatology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, National Clinical Research Center for Skin and Immune Diseases, Beijing, 100730, China Correspondence to: Dong-Lai Ma, mdonglai{at}yeah.net A woman in her 20s presented with a two year history of annular plaques on the neck, shoulders, chest, abdomen, back, and upper limbs (figure). The lesions started as erythematous papules and plaques, then gradually increased in number and slowly extended centrifugally. The woman attended local hospitals several times, and oral antihistamines and topical corticosteroid ointment were prescribed, but the lesions gradually expanded and some coalesced. There was no drug intake before the eruption started. Well demarcated, erythematous, annular plaques with raised edges consisting of small, firm, skin-coloured or erythematous … Adblock test (Why?)

Anyone with a dry scalp knows that scalp itching is nothing to joke about.  This painful, persistent itching may lead to irritation of the scalp and trauma to the skin barrier.  As always, before trying to fix an issue, you'll need to know what's behind it first.  So, what could be the cause of scalp itching? Dryness, dandruff may cause scalp itchiness.However, in more serious cases, which include inflammation and painful pustules, it may be caused by scalp folliculitis. What is Scalp Folliculitis?  Scalp folliculitis is an inflammatory disorder of hair follicles presented by small itchy pustules.  This hair condition greatly resembles scalp acne and affects the frontal hairline.  Scalp folliculitis may be caused by ingrown hairs or infection caused by bacteria, fungus or mites.  Symptoms of this condition include itchiness, redness and tender bumps at the front of the front head.  There a...

July 5, 2022 – When Amy Moser had a simple urinary tract infection in her late 20s, her doctor prescribed Cipro, a powerful antibiotic used to treat anthrax and some of the most fearsome bacterial infections. Nearly 2 weeks after she finished her treatment, her left kneecap dislocated while she was trying on a swimsuit at a retail store. Shortly afterward, she had painful ligament ruptures in her wrists, then her shoulder dislocated, followed by three Achilles tendon tears. "That's when I fell apart," says Moser, a Phoenix health blogger and book author. "From that moment on, for almost the next 2.5 years consistently, I had new tendon tears every few weeks." Moser's doctors had no answer for what was causing her injuries, all of which required surgical fixes. A married mother of three, she was otherwise healthy and fit. So, after her third Achilles tear, she turned to the FDA's website for answers. There, she found many warnings about side effects of Ci...

Noncarbapenem β-lactam (NCBL) intravenous antibiotics appeared effective in treating urinary tract infection (UTI) from Enterobacterales producing extended-spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL), in a study that compared the agents to carbapenems in hospitalized patients. The investigators undertook the retrospective cohort study after noticing that some patients with UTI receiving emperically chosen intravenous antibiotics would improve despite subsequent culture/sensitivity reports indicating an organism resistant to the selected treatment. "We knew that intravenous beta-lactams had tremendous penetration into the urine, but there was a paucity of data on how to manage urinary tract infections caused by ESBL-producing organisms," study lead author Daniel Anderson, PharmD, Department of Pharmacy, Emory Healthcare, Atlanta, told Contagion . "Of course, there have been landmark trials, namely the MERINO trial, demonstrating superiority of carbapenems to piperacillin-tazobactam for b...

Adam Cohen and Dr. Rod McEver  |  Special to The Oklahoman Adam's Journal I recently had a respiratory tract infection. It seemed to be improving after five days, but then (sorry for the graphic detail), my phlegm grew thicker and greener. I was pretty sure this signaled that I'd developed a secondary bacterial infection requiring antibiotics. But a physician friend encouraged me to wait things out for a bit, and, sure enough, my symptoms cleared in a few days without treatment. How can you know when to treat a respiratory illness with antibiotics? Dr. McEver Prescribes The vast majority of respiratory infections are viral in nature, caused by viruses such as influenza, SARS-CoV-2 or common cold viruses like the rhinovirus. Antibiotics will have no effect on these pathogens. Nevertheless, the symptoms of these illnesses — cough, mucus, congestion, sore throat, fever, headache, muscle aches — are oftentimes indistinguishable from bacterial infections in your ...

Tackling typhoid, one finger prick at a time Stanford infectious disease experts devise a way to use finger-prick blood samples from small groups to detect typhoid in large populations. Author Krista Conger Published on July 6, 2022 July 6, 2022 Most people in the United States, myself included, tend to think of typhoid as a disease vanquished by 1920 with the advent of public sewage systems and antibiotics. Some of us may vaguely recall the fascinating story of the woman known as "Typhoid Mary" who, as an asymptomatic carrier of the disease, is believed to have been responsible for an outbreak of typhoid fever in nearly 3,000 New Yorkers in the early 1900s. A study team member in Nepal collects a dried blood spot from a young child's finger to test for typhoid immune responses. Kristen Aiemjoy image. ...