Paronychia is a type of nail infection, most commonly caused by the bacteria called Staphylococcus aureus, which affects the skin around the nail (called nail folds). It can also occur as a result of ...

People who get too close to a seal are at risk of a "nasty" blood infection linked to the creature if they get bitten, ...

Nail fungal infections are the most common diseases of the nails, making up about 50 percent of nail abnormalities. Fungus is ...

Mycosis nail fungus, also known as onychomycosis, is a fungal infection of the nail unit. It is more common in the toenails because fungi thrive in warm, moist environments like your shoes.

Because of the acid in the nail glue, her eye had to be flushed with a Morgan Lens, which has a suction cup on one end to ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold ...

The woman with a chronic fungal infection of her nails may arrive in the clinician's office complaining that her nails have become thick and discolored, or that 1 or more nail plates have begun to ...

Peppie Scobbie was struggling with fatigue, had a persistent chest infection, a painful finger infection and was left ...