Symptoms: Pain, swelling, itchy skin, hard or discoloured skin around the ulcer. Treatment: Regular cleaning, dressings, antibiotics if infected, and compression stockings. These ulcers form when ...

A Marjolin ulcer is an aggressive and rare type of skin cancer that grows from burns, poorly healing wounds, or scars. It grows slowly, but over time it can spread to other parts of your body ...

Procedures might be done to close the vein, to remove the vein, or to improve blood flow. What are the symptoms of a venous skin ulcer? The first sign of a venous skin ulcer is skin that turns dark ...

In women, symptoms may be worse during certain parts of the menstrual cycle or during pregnancy. Less common is swelling, ulcers, and a darkening of the skin, especially in the ankle region.

It is a condition characterized by severe, painful and non-healing skin ulcers with no known cure. For the first time, researchers from Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine ...

The exception may be stage 1 ulcers which can be difficult to recognize, particularly in patients with darkly pigmented skin. They also may be confused with other conditions that cause erythema ...