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Prickly Heat

Prickly heat is a skin rash caused by excessive heat or humidity. The rash is made up of raised, red, pinpoint spots. The surrounding skin also becomes red. Prickly heat occurs especially in areas of...

Boil – Bowlegs

Boil is a painful abscess under the skin that develops when a sweat gland, an oil gland, a small wound, or a hair follicle (the sac containing the hair root) becomes in­ fected and fills with pus....

Abscess

Abscesses of the skin are usually red, warm, swollen, and painful. Hot compresses often can be used to bring the abscesses to a head so that they open and drain. Abscess is a collection of pus in...

Bumps, bruises, and blisters

One clay, I got in a fight with another boy and bruised my eye. Sometimes I bump my ankle or my leg or my elbow. The bump pushes a muscle against a bone, and tiny veins and arteries break. I have a...

The outside of me

My skin is one of the organs of my body. Some waste products are carried out of my body through my skin when I sweat. And my skin helps keep my body at an even temperature. All skin is tough, but...