A foot infection can occur after an injury. Bacteria can get into a wound, such as a cut or a skin crack, and cause an infection. Sometimes the infection can form into an abscess. An infected foot is ...

You can typically treat athlete’s foot with topical antifungal medications. Depending on the severity, a doctor may prescribe other medications. Athlete’s foot — also called tinea pedis — is a ...

Patients with an infected diabetic foot ulcer have a far worse prognosis than previously thought, with 15% of patients dying within a year, less than half of the ulcers healing in the same time period ...

A woman in Indiana has spent nearly a week in the hospital with a foot infection that she says she got from a local spa. Jennifer White told local ABC affiliate RTV6 that she got a pedicure two weeks ...

Although most people don’t realize it, but a simple cut, mosquito bite or case of athlete’s foot can lead to a an infection of the foot called cellulitis. Foot cellulitis may sound harmless but this ...

Corns are large patches of rough and thick skin most commonly found on your feet, toes and hands. Corns aren’t dangerous, but they are uncomfortable and can be painful. You can get rid of corns and ...

No parent ever wants to see their child hurting. Whether it's mild symptoms like a runny nose or light cough or more severe ones such as difficulty breathing, nausea, or a worrisome temperature, moms ...

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 ...