A carbuncle is a group of painful boils filled with pus and often form a connected area of infection under the skin. It is an infection of the hair follicles that extends into the surrounding skin and underlying subcutaneous tissue. It affects males more than the females and is more common in young to middle-aged […]

Antibiotics are natural compounds produced by certain bacteria and fungi. We use them to target parts of bacterial cells that aren’t found in human cells. Over the years, we have harnessed their power as drugs, to fight bacterial infections, but till date, antibiotics don’t work against viruses like colds and flu. Different kinds of antibiotics […]

Canker sores are small, open, and painful lesions that develop in the mouth. They appear on the soft tissues in your mouth, including the base of your gum, tongue, inside linings of the cheeks, throat, or lips. They are usually white, gray, yellow in color, with a red border. Also known as aphthous ulcer, canker […]