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Jock itch happens when a specific species of fungus builds up on the skin, growing out of control and causing inflammation. It's also called tinea cruris. Common symptoms of jock itch include: Most cases of jock itch are mild and easily treated. But there are some activities and "treatments" that can make jock itch symptoms last longer. Let's dive into what can make jock itch worse, how to tell jock itch apart from other similar conditions, and how to successfully treat jock itch. There are a few things you might do that unintentionally make your jock itch worse. Here are some examples: Working out. This can cause the infected skin to chafe against nearby skin or with clothing and irritate it, making the skin more susceptible to a worsening infection. Having poor hygiene habits. Using improperly cleaned, damp towels or clothing, and not keeping skin dry may promote infection. Using the wrong treatment. Spreading an anti-itch cream, such as hydrocortisone, on the infe...

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Dr. Conway McLean, Journal columnist These pages often tell the tale of the latest epidemic or important disease, but not today. You won't be seeing any headlines on the front page of your daily news about a fungus infection. But they are an integral part of our world and a necessity for the planet to be able to support life. There are innumerable species of fungi in the world, over 5 million, and several hundred cause human disease. But they are nature's recycling system, breaking things down into simpler forms so that they might re-enter the cycle of life. Fungal infections can develop in many tissues, given the right (wrong, from the patient's perspective) circumstances. These are generally considered opportunistic infections, meaning that if conditions are not good for them, these organisms may be present but do not necessarily cause infection. They need the right opportunity, like a warm, moist shoe after the...

Polio Outbreaks 2022 Polio outbreaks in 2022 have been confirmed in non-endemic countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and New York by the U.S. CDC. In addition, in recent years, the polio-endemic countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan often report new outbreaks, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI). This interactive timeline traces the history of polio outbreaks from 1580 B.C. to 2022. The World Health Organization (WHO), the UK Health Services Agency, the European CDC, and the U.S. NIH say polio is a vaccine-preventable disease. Polio Cases 2022 In the USA, the State of New York and the CDC confirmed a poliovirus type 2 infection on July 14, 2022, in Rockland Country, NY. The patient was hospitalized with possible acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The last polio case caused by wild poliovirus occurred in the USA during 1979. Worldwide, as of&n...

In July, a 20-year-old man from Rockland County, N.Y., was diagnosed with polio, a disabling and potentially deadly disease that had been considered eliminated in the United States. The infected man was unvaccinated and had not traveled overseas during the period when he could have been exposed to the virus, suggesting he contracted it in this country. Wastewater testing has since shown that the virus is present in nearby New York City, as well as Rockland and neighboring Orange counties. It was also found in the wastewater in London, prompting authorities to offer children ages 1 to 9 a vaccine booster. No cases have been reported there. The history of polio and the vaccines that eradicated it Polio was at its peak in the U.S. in the 1940s and '50s, terrorizing parents who watched their children losing the use of their limbs or gasping for oxygen when the virus attacked the muscles of their chests. Paralytic polio can't be cured, but it can be prevented with safe and effectiv...

The Health Ministry has issued an advisory to states and union territories on the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD), also known as Tomato Flu. These advisory states that though tomato flu is a viral infection, it is in no way linked to other similar infections like SARS-CoV-2, monkeypox, dengue and/or chikanguniya.   The ministry advisory further stated that tomato flu or HFMD is a self-limiting disease and there is no particular drug for treating it. The advisory furthermore read, "The disease will be best described as a clinical variant of the viral hand, foot and mouth disease, a common infectious disease targeting mostly young children aged 1-10 years and immune compromised adults, and sometimes exposed immune component adults."  Tomato flu symptoms  The disease is named tomato flu as its main symptom is red blisters that look akin to tomatoes when enlarged. Tomato flu's primary symptoms include fever, fatigue, body aches, skin ras...

High blood pressure is often called "the silent killer" because many people are unaware that they have the potentially deadly condition. Nearly half of U.S. adults—about 116 million Americans—have high blood pressure, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Even though high blood pressure may have no overt signs or symptoms, it can lead to life-threatening conditions like heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure, or hypertension, occurs when you have an elevated amount of force or pressure of blood pushing against the walls of your arteries. If the pressure on the walls of the arteries is persistent this can cause a heart attack, stroke, heart failure, or kidney disease. A blood pressure reading consists of two numbers: systolic and diastolic pressure. An example of a healthy level would be 110/70. Normal blood pressure is a systolic reading of up to 120 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) and diastolic of up...

Flu season in the southern hemisphere came early this year, and continues to be a substantial one, said William Schaffner, MD, in a recent interview with Patient Care © . Interestingly, he added, children this year seem to be disproportionaltely affected. Schaffner, a well-known infectious disease expert from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, made the observation while offering his guidance to US primary care clinicians on the respiratory virus season now on the horizon. Everyone older than age 6 months should recieve vaccination against influenza, he re-emphasizes, and this year the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices preferrentially recommends a high-dose or adjuvanted flu shot for adults aged ≥65 years. The full conversation follows here. William Schaffner, MD, is medical director of the National Foundation for Infectious Diseases, professor of preventive medicine in the Department of Health Pol...

Covid, it's now an established fact, is airborne. Like other infectious diseases such as measles, chickenpox, or tuberculosis, it spreads through aerosols that can stay in the air for long periods of time, and travel long distances. The airborne quality of the virus is recognized by public health authorities including the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Yet when the virus emerged, and for some time afterward, public health authorities thought instead that the virus might spread through large droplets, which unlike aerosols can only travel about two meters, and can fall on nearby surfaces, which in turn become potential vehicles of transmission. This was the theory that had everyone wiping down their groceries and wondering whether to disinfect their mail in early 2020. Though aerosols and droplets may sound similar, their public health implications are very different. The assumption that covid was spread by droplets informed...

Remember the flu? That titan of a virus that caused 140,000 to 710,000 hospitalizations and 12,000 to 52,000 deaths each year from 2010 to 2020? Well, influenza activity was unusually low during the two years following the Spring of 2020 when that little thing called the Covid-19 pandemic began. That's been the case for much of the world until this Spring 2022. That's when Australia and other countries in the Southern Hemisphere began having earlier than usual flu seasons that have turned out to be quite bad. What's going on Down Under doesn't bode well for the U.S. and other countries in the Northern half of the very non-flat Earth for this coming Fall and Winter. And with the Covid-19 coronavirus being controlled in the U.S. about as well as bots on Facebook and Twitter, this raises "Twindemic" concerns. In this case, Twindemic has nothing to do with Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen but represents the possibility that both Covid-19 and the flu will soon surge at t...

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Rhinosinusitis ("sinusitis"), which causes pain, pressure, and congestion in the sinus cavities, is commonly associated with asthma. However, while it's possible to experience both inflammatory conditions at once, it's not clear whether one causes the other. Keep reading to learn more about the link between sinusitis and asthma, including symptoms and treatment options you can discuss further with a doctor. Sinusitis doesn't directly cause asthma. However, there is a possibility that sinusitis can worsen the symptoms of this lung disease. In fact, if you have either asthma or allergic rhinitis, you may be at a higher risk of developing chronic sinusitis. Both conditions cause inflammation that can impact the airways and sinuses. Allergies and allergic rhinitis can also lead to swelling in your sinuses, thereby causing congestion because the sinuses cannot drain as they should. While sinusitis and allergic rhinitis are common comorbidities with asthma, current rese...

Archaeologists excavate the remains of friars buried at the former Augustinian friary in central Cambridge. Cambridge Archaeological Unit The Augustinian friars of medieval Britain pledged themselves to a life of poverty, but their friaries offered a pretty high standard of communal living. The monks dwelled in buildings with sophisticated stone and glass work, studied in libraries, and dined on the products of bountiful gardens. When nature called, they enjoyed dedicated latrines and hand-washing facilities, complete with running water systems that were rare even among the era's wealthiest households. But new research on human remains from a friary buried below the University of Cambridge shows that the monks suffered greatly from a gastrointestinal affliction—worms. Scientists unearthed centuries-old parasite eggs, buried with monk skeletons...

In some cases bromhidrosis means more than just body odor, This is a sign of a serious disease such as trichomycosis axillaris, erythrasma (superficial skin infection), Intertrigo (skin rash), Liver or kidney disease and diabetes type 2 , It is a common belief that this deodorant comes from sweat, whereas in reality sweat is odorless, but as soon as sweat is released, the bacteria present on the skin multiply rapidly and in this process the breakdown of proteins gives a strong unpleasant odor. , Body drenched with sweat in a humid environment and body odor (bromhidrosis) is such a problem due to which people run away, wrinkle their nose and brows, make jokes behind their backs, result in poor quality of life. In some cases bromhidrosis means more than just body odour, it can be a sign of a serious illness such as trichomycosis axillaris, erythrasma (superficial skin infection), intertrigo (skin rash), liver or kidney disease and diabetes type 2. It is a common belief that this de...

Though COVID-19 in the U.S. has plateaued, uncertainty still surrounds the trajectory of the pandemic and symptoms associated with the virus.  Michael Osterholm, PhD, director of the Center for Infectious Disease, Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, referred to this phase of the pandemic as a 'stay-tuned moment' in a July 13 interview with Becker's and maintained there are still many unknowns a month later in an Aug. 18 interview.  "My most frequently used three words in my vocabulary right now are, 'I don't know,'" he said, adding that he is puzzled about what the next six months could look like. A change in COVID-19 symptoms Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 quickly rose to dominance in the U.S.  —  with BA.5 accounting for 88.8 percent of cases in the week ending Aug. 13  — and brought along their own set of symptoms.  COVID-19 patients have reported a wide...