Small red painful bumps over the scalp at the base of the hair are not uncommon. This occurs in children and adults as well. It commonly occurs due to inflammation of hair follicles, due to infection.

Almost everything we do at home creates dust, but if it's not cleaned away it can cause a range of health problems from asthma and allergies to skin irritation and streaming eyes ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s most comprehensive ...

But it could be related to a fungus in the oil secreted by ... from the affected area and looking at it under a microscope. A biopsy of the skin tissue of your ear can help your doctor rule ...

But the most important ingredient of dust – at least for the purposes of this story – is skin. Your skin ... the termite poops itself. Under the microscope, multitudes appear.

Rashes are common under the arms because the skinfold ... Tinea corporis is commonly called “ringworm," but it's a skin infection that's caused by a fungus, not a worm. There are different ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break ...

Before giving you the diagnosis, your dermatologist may send a bit of the infected skin, hair, or nail to a laboratory ... of nail and remove some debris from under the nail. By looking at the sample ...

The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species is the world’s most comprehensive list on the global extinction risk of animal, fungus ... Alliance Samples of ...

Your fingernails become brittle, yellow, or thickened, which could mean you have a fungal infection ... in which a small sample of skin is taken so it can be examined under a microscope. This can help ...

Rashes are common under the arms because the skinfold creates a ... Tinea corporis is commonly called “ringworm," but it's a skin infection that's caused by a fungus, not a worm. There are different ...