The foods you eat may contribute to the development of diverticulitis. Additionally, certain foods may worsen or improve symptoms, such as abdominal discomfort, constipation, diarrhea, or gas.

They also work to treat infections, such as those that occur with complications like abscesses and fistulas. Antibiotics can target bacteria broadly or target more specific types of bacteria.

Abscesses hurt for a reason. Painful and often unsightly, these pockets of pus form due to bacterial infections. While they are not always lasting or chronic, they can be a recurring challenge for ...

While staph normally lives in the nose or on the skin of some healthy individuals without consequence, infections can cause abscesses, cellulitis, or other skin concerns, and can less commonly infect ...

The first was a 6-year-old girl who presented with an abscess of a lymph node inferior to her right ear, shown in Figure 1. A needle aspiration was done yielding 2 mL of pus and relief of pain.

Objective: Colon cancer with retroperitoneal abscess is a rare and easily misdiagnosed disease and has only been reported via case. There is an urgent need to conduct a dataset analysis for such ...

Dietitian Leigh O’Brien discusses the risk factors associated with development of diverticular disease and how to reduce complications of acute and symptomatic disease 1. Schultz JK, Azhar N, Binda GA ...