Articles of category "Skin infections"

Viral infections of skin can affect any person at any age. Very often they have no visible symptoms and signs. These infections usually show themselves when the immune system is undermined in the result of stress or as a reaction to certain medications. There are several diseases caused by viral infections, but we will pay attention to the most common ones - cold sores and herpes zoster.

There are different types of bacteria existing all over the world. They may be either harmful or not. It's interesting to admit that the majority of them don't make any harm and aren't able to cause diseases. But separate group of bacteria is made up of bacterial skin infections. This group includes the infections making harm to human's skin (for example, folliculitis and cellulitis).