Impetigo is a skin infection caused by a bacterium; the commonest ones are staphylococcus or streptococcus. It usually starts as small blisters, anywhere on the body but often on the face, which join ...

sometime my nose smells bad and when the smells is gone i get a sore in my nose what can be the problem . Do i need to do something and waht can i do . I have this nose for a long time and the doctor ...

I was just diagnosed with mrsa in my spinal cavity. I have severe inflammation also. I can’t do the medicated nasal rinses with gematicin and bunesinide. It drys my nose where I have trouble breathing ...

Charlotte Rooney can’t remember exactly what she was doing when she first became aware of the sensation of a blocked nose in January this year. ‘I was otherwise healthy, so I wasn’t overly worried at ...

Q: My friends and I are in our 80s and we’re naturally concerned about memory loss. We see there are supplements that claim to improve memory, but we can’t believe it’s possible. Are they a waste of ...

This prospective cohort study of paediatric patients referred to a tertiary paediatric otolaryngology clinic with recurrent epistaxis treated with Naseptin cream and education. Patients with red flag ...

Nosebleeds in children usually just stop by themselves or after pinching the nose. However, some children get repeated nosebleeds with no specific cause (recurrent idiopathic epistaxis). The most ...

I am a 78 year old male in generally sound health and I take regular exercise. In August this year I developed a stiff feeling in the muscles on the left hand side of my neck and a mild attack of ...

Q. My nose is persistently blocked and congested, and I constantly need to blow it. This has been going on for more than a year and decongestants don’t seem to help. I now can’t breathe through my ...

The suggestion of prescribing 0.1% chlorhexidine/0.5% neomycin cream is a well accepted practice within the ear, nose, and throat community. A study in children with recurrent epistaxis found ...

+ Current practice is to start with a moderately potent, or potent, topical steroid for a short time and then tail down the dose + An alternative to using a lower daily dose is the ‘weekender regime' ...

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals South Africa today announced the expansion of its topical dermatology portfolio with the signing a 10-year marketing and distribution rights agreement with MeyerZall ...