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  2. Pyogenic granuloma - Wikipedia

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    Pyogenic granulomas rarely occur in the conjunctiva, cornea, or connective tissue of the eye following minor local trauma. Grossly, these mass lesions resemble those occurring at more common sites. The relationship of these lesions to lobular capillary hemangiomas of skin and oropharyngeal mucosa commonly referred to as pyogenic granuloma is ...

  3. Postpartum infections - Wikipedia

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    Wound infection: persistent spiking fever despite antibiotics, wound erythema or fluctuance, wound drainage. [18] Management: antibiotics for cellulitis, open and drain wound, saline-soaked packing twice a day, secondary closure. Septic pelvic thrombophlebitis: persistent wide fever swings despite antibiotics, usually normal abdominal or pelvic ...

  4. Brilliant green (dye) - Wikipedia

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    Zelyonka. Brilliant green has been used to color silk and wool.. It is indicated for disinfection of fresh postoperative and post-traumatic scars, umbilical cord of newborns, abrasions, cuts, and other violations of the integrity of the skin, in the treatment of purulent-inflammatory processes of the skin - hordeolum ("barley"), meibomite, blepharitis, pyoderma, local furunculosis ...

  5. Endometritis - Wikipedia

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    Antibiotic therapy is curative in most cases (depending on underlying cause), with fairly rapid alleviation of symptoms after only 2 to 3 days. Women with chronic endometritis are also at a higher risk of pregnancy loss and treatment for this improves future pregnancy outcomes. [17] [18]

  6. Pus - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 October 2024. Fluid produced by inflammatory infection For other uses, see Pus (disambiguation). Medical condition Pus Eye with conjunctivitis exuding pus Specialty Infectious disease Pus is an exudate, typically white-yellow, yellow, or yellow-brown, formed at the site of inflammation during ...

  7. Anaerobic infection - Wikipedia

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    Specimens obtained from wounds and subcutaneous tissue infections and abscesses in the rectal area (perirectal abscess, decubitus ulcer) or that are of gut flora origin(i.e. diabetic foot infection) often to yield colonic flora organisms. [40] These are generally B. fragilis group, Clostridium spp., Enterobacteriaceae and Enterococcus spp. On ...

  8. Abscess - Wikipedia

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    The standard treatment for an uncomplicated skin or soft tissue abscess is the act of opening and draining. [4] There does not appear to be any benefit from also using antibiotics in most cases. [1] A small amount of evidence did not find a benefit from packing the abscess with gauze. [1]

  9. Maternal physiological changes in pregnancy - Wikipedia

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    The step lengthens as the pregnancy progresses, due to weight gain and changes in posture. On average, a woman's foot can grow by a half size or more during pregnancy. In addition, the increased body weight of pregnancy, fluid retention, and weight gain lowers the arches of the foot, further adding to the foot's length and width.