Boils can create significant discomfort, particularly when they develop in private areas. These painful, pus-filled lumps impact quality of life and require proper understanding for effective ...

Brianna Jenkins, 23, was diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a skin disease that causes painful boil-like abscesses, when she was eight. When she got her period at age 10, her symptoms ...

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a chronic and painful skin condition, which causes painful bumps and sores that can be debilitating for the 3.5 million people with the diagnosis in the U.S. The condition ...

The symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) can range from mild to severe. HS causes a combination of boil-like lumps, cysts, blackheads, scarring, and channels in the skin. HS is a chronic skin ...

A healthy 17-year-old is referred by his pediatrician for evaluation of recurrent methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) soft tissue infections. He was well until approximately 6 months ...