“It seems like not many people knew that nail biting could cause such a big issue, including myself,” Gabby Swierzewski tells PEOPLE ...

The 29-year-old hunter got the disease after skinning a brown bear off the Alaskan Peninsula, but it took doctors weeks to diagnose it ...

Mycoplasma phocimorsus is a zoonotic pathogen, often transmitted from seals, that is resistant to common antibiotics and can ...

You feel it first as a slight tenderness around your fingertip. Maybe you dismiss it as a paper cut or kitchen mishap. But within hours, that mild discomfort transforms into throbbing pain that keeps ...

It is only the second known case of a person contracting seal finger from an animal other than a seal, and the first ...

What began as a routine manicure allegedly turned into a medical emergency for Ashley Christmas (@ashthegoddess09), a TikTok creator who says she developed a severe finger infection after a nail salon ...

We rely on our fingers for nearly every task we do, so even slight swelling or pain can be uncomfortable and make it difficult to use them effectively. Swelling in the fingers can be triggered by ...

In the Majengo area of Nyeri town, Jane Muthoni washes her dishes with a lot of pain. One of her fingers is swollen and turned red. "I finished washing my children's clothes using a detergent sold by ...