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  2. Patron saints of ailments, illness, and dangers - Wikipedia

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    Invoked against evil spirits, leprosy, thunderstorms, bacterial diseases, and bacterial infections - Agrippina of Mineo; Sore eyes - Augustine of Hippo; Eye disease - Cyriacus; Eye and skin conditions; knee pains; invoked against adultery and marital difficulties - Gangulphus; Eye problems, eye disease - Harvey

  3. Chronic wound - Wikipedia

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    The host's immune response to the presence of bacteria prolongs inflammation, delays healing, and damages tissue. [14] Infection can lead not only to chronic wounds but also to gangrene, loss of the infected limb, and death of the patient. More recently, an interplay between bacterial colonization and increases in reactive oxygen species ...

  4. Ulcer (dermatology) - Wikipedia

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    Patients may feel pain on the skin around the ulcer, and fluid may ooze from the ulcer. In some cases, ulcers can bleed and, rarely, patients experience fever. Ulcers sometimes seem not to heal; healing, if it does occur, tends to be slow. Ulcers that heal within 12 weeks are usually classified as acute, and longer-lasting ones as chronic. [2]

  5. Hurting all over? Here are 10 Common Causes of Body ... - AOL

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    “The body aches related to an infection such as pharyngitis (sore throat) or flu are related to the immune system’s response to the infection,” says Stephen Parodi, M.D., infectious disease ...

  6. Mouth ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Diagramatic representation of mucosal erosion (left), excoriation (center), and ulceration (right) Simplistic representation of the life cycle of mouth ulcers. An ulcer (/ ˈ ʌ l s ər /; from Latin ulcus, "ulcer, sore") [2] is a break in the skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue and the disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue. [3]

  7. Pressure ulcer - Wikipedia

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    Frequent debridement and antimicrobial dressings are needed to control the biofilm. Infection prevents the healing of pressure ulcers. Signs of pressure ulcer infection include slow or delayed healing and pale granulation tissue. Signs and symptoms of systemic infection include fever, pain, redness, swelling, warmth of the area, and purulent ...

  8. Bam Margera Hospitalized With Staph Infection From Tattoo: Pics

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    Bam Margera. Gregory Pace/BEI/Shutterstock That one’s gotta hurt! Jackass star Bam Margera took to Instagram on Monday, March 8 to share that he was recently hospitalized for a staph infection ...

  9. Wound licking - Wikipedia

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    Removal of the salivary glands of mice [35] and rats slows wound healing, and communal licking of wounds among rodents accelerates wound healing. [36] [37] Communal licking is common in several primate species. In macaques, hair surrounding a wound and any dirt is removed, and the wound is licked, healing without infection. [38]