Your body creates the fistula as a way to drain pus from the infection ... abscess? An anal abscess is a tender lump in or near the anus or rectum that you can often see or feel with your fingers.

The infection is only in the nail fold and doesn't extend deeper inside the finger or toe ... to check for the involvement of the underlying bone," Dr Mbuthia says. He warns that patients should ...

Without proper treatment, tooth infections can spread to other areas of the body, leading to serious and potentially life threatening complications. A tooth infection, or a tooth abscess ...

One of her fingers is swollen ... "If the infection is severe, imaging including an X-ray may be ordered to check for the involvement of the underlying bone," Dr Mbuthia says.