Many Nigerians believe that skipping meals or eating spicy food is what causes stomach ulcers. But health experts say the ...

Infected diabetic foot ulcers are associated with a worse prognosis than previously thought, with more than half failing to heal in 1 year and one in seven affected patients requiring an amputation.

True impact of diabetic foot ulcers Date: November 8, 2017 Source: University of Leeds Summary: The prognosis for people with an infected diabetic foot ulcer is worse than was previously thought ...

Fact: Spicy foods can bother an ulcer but do not create them. Capsaicin, the active ingredient in chili peppers, has even ...

Older diabetes patients who receive prolonged courses of antibiotics are at the highest risk of having infected diabetic foot ulcers, a new study shows. Researchers at Qazvin University of Medical ...

Tularemia is caused by bacteria spread through tick or deer fly bites, cat scratches and other contact with infected animals.

A common cause of both gastric and peptic ulcers is infection with Helicobacter pylori. Often shortened to H. pylori, it is a spiral-shaped bacterium that can, as it burrows into the stomach ...

Dumville et al. conducted a review to evaluate the effects of treatment with topical antimicrobial agents on the resolution of signs/symptoms of infection, the healing of infected ulcers, and the ...

Ulcers of the gastrointestinal tract are called peptic ulcers. "Peptic" means the problem is a result of digestive acids, and "ulcer" means an open sore. Approximately 4 million Americans have ...

German scientists provided a case study of a 51-year-old patient that highlighted one of the first symptoms a monkeypox-infected person might notice: an ulcer at the corner of the mouth. The case ...

The number of cases of this flesh-eating bacterial infection has dramatically increased in Australia. ... Flesh-Eating Infection Buruli Ulcer Spreads Through Australia and Experts Don't Know Why.