Symptoms: Pain, swelling, itchy skin, hard or discoloured skin around the ulcer. Treatment: Regular cleaning, dressings, antibiotics if infected, and compression stockings. These ulcers form when ...

Procedures might be done to close the vein, to remove the vein, or to improve blood flow. What are the symptoms of a venous skin ulcer? The first sign of a venous skin ulcer is skin that turns dark ...

Symptoms of diabetes include feeling thirsty ... regular cuts and scratches may take longer to heal. Wounds like skin ulcers may develop on your feet and can be easy to overlook, leading to ...

The patient reported no congenital lymphedema. Physical examination revealed two deep skin ulcers (Figure 1) on the right leg measuring 10 cm in diameter with raised irregular inflammatory borders ...

This article explains the skin symptoms of tuberculosis. nodules papules, which are small hard pimples or swellings on the skin pustules ulcers plaques, which are rough, solid, flat-topped skin ...

These venous ulcers are the most common type ... Your immune system reacts by making your skin inflamed and causing eczema symptoms to appear. Varicose eczema often appears in the advanced stages ...

The largest ulcer was 5.5 cm in diameter. The skin surrounding each of the ulcers was hyperpigmented, wrinkled and scarred (Figure 1). The ulcer floor was tender on palpation and did not bleed on ...

Nutritional interventions at a community level may be the best way forward to both prevent and treat the "flesh-eating" skin infection Buruli ulcer in the fight against neglected tropical diseases ...