Chancroid is a highly contagious sexually transmitted infection (STI) that causes genital ulcers. It is rarely seen in the United States, but chancroid, caused by the Haemophilus ducreyi bacteria, is ...

Pain medication, heating pads, and rest may also help in the short term. People with ulcers typically experience a dull or burning sensation in the upper part of the stomach. The burning may ...

Given the presence of an associated granulomatous ileitis (which has many potential causes), however, there is a wide differential diagnosis. Intestinal tuberculosis causes large ileocecal ulcers ...

Hypothesis Famotidine would be more effective in preventing peptic ulcers. Drugs/Procedures Used Patients taking low-dose aspirin without evidence of peptic ulcer disease at baseline endoscopy ...

A rectal ulcer is a break or injury in the mucous membrane that lines the rectum. While these ulcers are most often linked to a rare condition called solitary rectal ulcer syndrome (SRUS), there are ...

He’s calling for funding to fight the flesh-eating disease. Buruli ulcer, a skin disease caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium ulcerans, has been emerging in new areas across Victoria in recent ...

Our Phase 1/2a clinical trial has demonstrated that the use of this stem cell population in humans is safe and effective in treating hard to heal diabetic foot ulcers." "We are extremely pleased and ...

It's a remedy that dates back to Pharaohs—one that doctors still use today to treat certain acute and chronic wounds, although in a different form than ancient Egyptian physicians knew.

MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Vascular surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute are among the first in the country to offer a new treatment for patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia (CLTI), ...

This case report describes a case of granulomatous reaction in areas of a previously performed aesthetic procedure, in a 79-year-old woman with malignant melanoma undergoing immunotherapy treatment, ...

8 Careful examination of the skin or mucosal ulcers can often reveal some distinctive characteristics. Lesion diameter and depth, characteristics of the margin, base, edge, and bottom must be observed ...

Dull or burning pain between your belly button and your breastbone is common with stomach ulcers. Symptoms like burping, vomiting, and feeling uncomfortable after a meal are also possible.