A mum was hospitalised after suffering an oozing 'golf ball-sized abscess' in her armpit from a false widow spider bite. Louise Edwards, 49, was clearing out the summerhouse at the bottom of her ...

A 59-year-old bicyclist who injured his arm when he was hit by a car in Queens earlier this month died four days after he walked out of the hospital, authorities say. Police say Antonio Flores died of ...

An abscess occurs when an infection causes a pocket of pus to develop. Abscesses can develop on the skin, in the mouth, or inside the body. Bacterial infections typically cause abscesses. Pus develops ...

A boil, or skin abscess, is a localized infection deep in the skin. A boil generally starts as a reddened, tender area. Over time, the area becomes firm and hard. Eventually, the center of the abscess ...

A skin abscess or boil is a bump on or below the skin’s surface. It may look like a pimple but larger and deeper under the skin. Abscesses usually contain pus or clear fluid and can appear anywhere on ...