Certain medications can also cause swelling in the fingers and hands. Dr. Vyas says high blood pressure drugs, OTC pain meds, ...

Who knew that a finger infection could kill you? I certainly didn’t. Previous to my experience, I knew very little about infections. I have learned the hard way that I don’t like them.

A man with a red and blistered pinky finger got an unexpected diagnosis from his doctor: His finger infection wasn't caused by bacteria, but rather by the herpes virus, which usually affects the ...

A Paradise woman is recovering from a life-threatening, bacterial infection that resulted in the loss of some of her fingers and toes. Elaine Dodge-Lynch, 38, says doctors never determined exactly ...

Jeff Knapp will never forget the moment he was able to take his wife Nicole outside for the first time in months after surviving a serious streptococcus A bacterial infection.

Dominique Davis tells the Winston-Salem Journal she contacted Middle Fork Elementary School staff after noticing dried blood on her daughter’s hand Jan. 24. She says school officials said her daughter ...

A woman in Red Deer, Alta., is sounding the alarm after she says she almost died from a rare strep A infection. Last year, Colleen Watters became sick with something she was initially told was ...

She said: “It’s a really nasty blood infection, it’s horrible. It could basically mean you lose the finger. “They’re not like a dog or a puppy, you can’t just go up and stroke them and they’re going ...

Brits have been urged to test themselves for an infection that can be 'life-threatening'. The NHS took to its Instagram page ...