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Why important to identify folliculitis?
Identifying folliculitis is important because it can help determine the appropriate treatment. Left untreated, folliculitis can worsen and become more painful. In severe cases, it can lead to scarring or spread to other areas of the body.
How is folliculitis diagnosed?
based on the patient's medical history and observations. Laboratory analysis of the substance drained from a pustule can be used to distinguish bacterial folliculitis from fungal folliculitis.
What causes folliculitis?
Bacteria does. Hormones can to. Folliculitis has nothing to do with internal organs or anything like that.
What are the characteristics of folliculitis?
Small, yellowish-white blister-like lumps (pustules) surrounded by narrow red rings are usually present with both bacterial folliculitis and fungal folliculitis. Hair can grow through or alongside of the pustules, which sometimes ooze blood-stained pus
How do you cure folliculitis?
you cant
Can folliculitis cause a false positive hsv2 result?
No, folliculitis will note cause a false positive HSV2 result.
What is the prognosis for patients with folliculitis?
If properly treated, the symptoms of bacterial folliculitis generally disappear in about two weeks. Fungal folliculitis should clear up within six weeks. But it can worsen if the condition is misdiagnosed
How can you tell the difference between Staphylococcal folliculitis and Pseudomonas folliculitis?
Telling the DifferenceYou can tell the difference by the area of the body that is affected.
You used to wear your du-rag alot and then a bump has appeared and now it wont go away it used to be kinda big but then some fluid leaked out now its small but your hair fell out where the bump what i?
In my case, the bumps turned into something resembling large pimples. Go Google "folliculitis." Here's what wikipedia has to say on the subject: "Folliculitis is the inflammation of one or more hair follicles. Folliculitis starts when hair follicles are damaged by friction from clothing, an insect bite, blockage of the follicle, shaving, or braids too tight and too close to the scalp. In most cases of folliculitis, the damaged follicles are then infected with the bacterium Staphylococcus." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folliculitis Sometimes medical treatment is necessary, so consider talking to your doctor.
What is the medical term meaning inflammation of hair follicles?
Folliculitis is inflammation of the hair follicles.BOIL=======================It is rather Acne Vulgaris.If the sebaceous glands, which drains sebum into the hair shaft, produce too much sebum (common in adolescence), the hair shafts could be blocked. This blockage can cause multiplication of the trapped bacteria, and that can lead to infection, commonly known as acne or spots.acne vulgaris
What are the signs and complications of MRSA?
MRSA can cause skin infections like boils, carbuncles. Hair infections like folliculitis, lung infections like pneumonia. Patients present with high fever, malaise, red colored streaks on skin etc. Untreated infections can lead Staphylococcal scalded skin syndrome, necrotising folliculitis etc.
What are two disease caused by bacteria are?
impetigo and folliculitis
