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2. Ulcer (dermatology) - Wikipedia

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   Skin ulcers appear as open craters, often round, with layers of skin that have eroded. The skin around the ulcer may be red, swollen, and tender. Patients may feel pain on the skin around the ulcer, and fluid may ooze from the ulcer. In some cases, ulcers can bleed and, rarely, patients experience fever. Ulcers sometimes seem not to heal ...

3. Ulcer - Wikipedia

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   Ulcer (dermatology), a discontinuity of the skin or a break in the skin. Pressure ulcers, also known as bedsores; Genital ulcer, an ulcer located on the genital area; Ulcerative dermatitis, a skin disorder associated with bacterial growth often initiated by self-trauma; Anal fissure, an ulcer or tear near the anus or within the rectum

4. Mouth ulcer - Wikipedia

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   Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]

5. How to Get Rid of Blisters, According to Doctors - AOL

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   Blood vessels break, the lower layers of the skin get damaged, and blood pools, forming a blister. • Heat blisters can form after a burn or sunburn, Dr. Patel says, and blisters can occur when ...

6. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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   Pressure ulcers can trigger other ailments, cause considerable suffering, and can be expensive to treat. Some complications include autonomic dysreflexia, bladder distension, bone infection, pyarthrosis, sepsis, amyloidosis, anemia, urethral fistula, gangrene and very rarely malignant transformation (Marjolin's ulcer – secondary carcinomas in chronic wounds).

7. Tincture of benzoin - Wikipedia

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   It can be applied to skin fissures, canker sores and fever blisters as a styptic and antiseptic. [4] It is thought that light turns the Benzoin Tincture in these modern containers to a darker color. The newly produced tincture is often quite clear until mixed and heated in a pot of water or left uncapped or exposed for an unspecified time, at ...

8. This Chronic Skin Condition Is A Common Cause Of Dark ... - AOL

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   In short, melasma is a chronic skin condition that appears as darkened areas on the face due to an overproduction of melanin, says Gina Charles, MO, a family physician specializing in skincare. It ...

9. What is ‘toasted skin syndrome'? Heating pads and blankets ...

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   Manhattan-based dermatologist Dr. Brendan Camp, M.D., said that toasted skin syndrome, officially known as erythema ab igne (EAI), is a "pattern of discoloration that occurs in areas of skin after ...