Background: Pityriasis rubra pilaris is a chronic, scaly, keratotic skin disease, mainly manifested as scaly plaques and keratinized hair follicles. This condition significantly impacts the patient’s ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Armpit pain can have many causes, ranging from injuries and irritants to ...

Will Yaeger may not want to get a furuncle, but he can be glad he knew how to spell it. The word — which is a technical term for a boil — was one of the final ones on the 13-year-old's path to ...