Hand, foot, and mouth disease in children is a highly transmissible viral infection, particularly in young ones. Fever is the ...

Medically reviewed by Edmund Khoo, DDS Dry mouth, or xerostomia, occurs when there is not enough saliva (or "spit") to ...

A 51-year-old HIV-positive patient presented to his general practitioner with a vesicle at the left corner of the mouth which had appeared the day before. He had no clinical signs of infection ...

Norovirus infections are caused by a group of viruses that spread easily, with as few as 10 viral particles having the ...

It can be caused by certain fungal or bacterial infections and typically responds well to treatment. Angular cheilitis is a type of mouth sore that appears at the corners of the mouth. Also known ...

These symptoms are commonly seen in a mouth infection known as oral thrush ... salivary gland biopsy to help with the diagnosis. The treatment of Sjögren’s disease is mostly based on reducing ...

Infection localized to the skin, eye, and/or mouth may seem benign but, in the absence of treatment, this onset is often associated with the subsequent development of the more serious disease ...

Two Indian states have issued a health warning over reported cases of hand, foot and mouth (HFMD ... have recovered after treatment. The infection causes a rash and painful blisters, but in ...