Guy Wondering how to prevent herpes? It’s easy to prevent herpes once you understand how it works. The virus is transmitted through direct contact with an active lesion or bodily fluid of an infected person. Herpes skin infection transmission occurs between …
Does your opponent have a skin infection? Here’s a natural and effective way to make sure skin funk won’t rub off on you. We all know that professional fighting is the sweatiest of all sports. Fighters become locked in close …
Nutrition & Skin Disease Foods for Healthy Skin: You Are What You EatWhat you put on your plate is even more important than what you put on your skin.By Colette Bouchez Reviewed by Charlotte E. Grayson Mathis, MD Want genuinely …
A dangerous “pimple.” Constanza Bermeo’s* problems started with a small, seemingly insignificant sore and ended with a four-day stay in a hospital isolation unit. While trying on shorts in a store, the 42-year-old woman from Berkeley, California, noticed what looked …
The truth is there has been a growing anti-bacterial resistance in organisms that cause infections. Anti-bacterial washing can change the ecology of the skin. It can disrupt the delicate balance of the skin flora. When that happens, trouble follows. Therefore …
Guidelines to Minimize Infectious Diseases — National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) Sports Medicine Advisory Committee Preparation for competition in any sport requires proper training and practice. Whether it means preparing your body or maintaining your equipment, proper …
Staphylococcus aureus has appeared with increasing frequency and is now an epidemic within specific community populations. Whereas hospital MRSA is almost always found in persons with established risk factors associated with prior medical treatment, these are not present in CA-MRSA. …
What is MRSA Staph Infection? MRSA Staph Infection is a type of staph skin infection caused by the Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (or MRSA) bacteria. First noticed in 1961 the MRSA bacteria developed as the commonly found S. Aureus bacteria evolved …
In the Shower Do not lather directly under the flow of water. Allow soap to remain on skin momentarily. Use a loofah (mesh sponge) but not too vigorously. Vigorous scrubbing will cause small abrasions to the surface of the skin …