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Is a red swollen eye with purulent exudate and infection or inflammation?
infection
Your Basset Hound has brown stuff in his ears?
This is probably inflammatory exudate, which may be due to a bacterial infection, a yeast infection or an ear mite infestation. Your veterinarian can do a simple ear swab test to see what type of infection or infestation your dog may have. Based upon that, your veterinarian will give you the medications and instructions to get the infection cleared up.
What does purulent mean in medical terms?
Containing, discharging, or causing the production of pus: a purulent infection.
What is the diagnosis of thrush?
Thrush is a yeast (fungal) infection that is typically diagnosed through a fungal culture or a microscopic examination of the exudate.
Red inflamed skin from trimming toe nail?
Cardinal signs of infection are: redness, warmth, possibly exudate, tenderness, pain
What is the medical adjectival form of the word exudate?
Exudative is the medical adjectival form of the word exudate.
Exudate?
DefinitionExudate is fluid, such as pus or cleak fluid, that leaks out of blood vessels into nearby tissues. The fluid is made of cells, proteins, and solid materials. Exudate may ooze from cuts or from areas of infection or inflammation.
What is Serosanguinous exudate?
reddish-pink; RBC present in serous exudate; injury involves blood vessel damage
What is the difference between pus and exudate?
Pus is a type of purulent exudate or exudation from a wound, abscesses, or sore. Pus is a white-yellowish substance associated with bacterial infections. However, there are many different types of exudates that can drain from a wound and can include serous and sanguineous fluids.
What color is serous exudate?
pink
What color is purulent exudate?
yellow
Is a blister on your heel from shoes too tight a transudate or an exudate?
A blister on your heel from shoes that are too tight is typically an exudate. Exudate is a fluid rich in proteins, cells, and debris that leaks from blood vessels in response to inflammation or injury. Transudate, on the other hand, is a fluid that passes through a membrane as a result of a pressure gradient without inflammation.
