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Pus: Contents

Pus: Introduction

Pus: White or yellow oozing fluid. See detailed information below for a list of 49 causes of Pus, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Pus:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Pus. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Possible causes of pus on the skin include:
Possible causes of pus under the skin include:
- Abscess
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Causes of Types of Pus:

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Abscess (40 causes)
Chronic abscess (10 causes)
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Pus: Symptom Checker

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Sores (439 causes)
Skin symptoms (3608 causes)
Skin problems (3340 causes)
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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Pus

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Pus: Research Related Doctors & Specialists

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Misdiagnosis and Pus

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Diagnostic tests for Pus:

Various tests are used in the diagnosis of Pus. Some of these are listed below :

Physical examination
- Examine pus-filled lesion (pustule) and determine if pus is on the skin (which suggests acne, folliculitis or boils) or under the skin with surrounding skin redness (which suggests an abscess)
- Determine if the pus-filled lesion (pustule) arises from a hair follicle (which suggests folliculitis) or arises independently
Blood tests
- Fasting blood sugar, especially if boils are recurrent
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Diagnosis Checklist: Questions your doctor may ask (and why!)

During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in their assessment of Pus. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor about your symptoms may help them with their diagnosis. Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:

Where is the pus? - e.g. what area of the body and how deep under the skin. If pus is on the skin, this suggests acne, folliculitis or boils. If pus is under the skin, this suggests an abscess. Acne vulgaris pimples are common on the face, but the neck, upper chest, upper back and shoulders may also be affected; hidradenitis suppurativa occurs in axilla, on breasts, around the anus and in the groin.
How long has the pus been present?
Age of the person with pus-like lesion? - e.g. acne vulgaris is virtually universal in adolescence with prevalence peaking between the ages of 14-16 years in females and 16-19 years in males; infantile acne occurs in the first few months of life, mainly on the face and affects mainly boys; hidradenitis suppurativa may occur from puberty to around age 50; abscesses, furuncles and carbuncles tend to occur more frequently in children, adolescents and young adults.
History of foreign body under skin? - e.g. splinter, glass - An abscess may form as a response to a foreign body.
Risk factors for infectious folliculitis? - e.g. tropical climate with high temperatures and high relative humidity; shaving hairy regions such as the beard area, axillae or legs; extraction of hair such as plucking or waxing; occlusion of hair bearing areas (such as adhesive plaster and plastic film) facilitates the growth of bacteria.
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Diagnosis Checklist: Associated symptoms your doctor may ask about (and why!)

Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. The symptoms your doctor may ask about (in association with Pus) may include:

Fever?
Symptoms of an abscess? - e.g. circumscribed collection of pus appearing as an acute or chronic localized infection and associated with destruction of local tissue. Abscesses may arise in any organ or structure.
Symptoms of furuncles and carbuncles? - e.g. acute deep seated, red, hot, tender abscess that arises from infected hair follicles. Carbuncles are deeper than furuncles.
Symptoms of acne vulgaris (common acne)? - e.g. red inflamed pus-filled lesions or nodules, usually confined to the face and trunk. Very common in adolescents. Healing by scarring may occur.
Symptoms of folliculitis? - e.g. pus-filled lesions around hair follicles surrounded by a red halo of inflamed skin. May occur on any hair-bearing skin such as the beard area, scalp, neck, legs and trunk.
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Definitions of Pus:

Pus: A fluid product of inflammation, consisting of a liquid containing leukocytes and the debris of dead cells and tissue elements liquefied by the proteolytic and histolytic enzymes (e.g., leukoprotease) that are elaborated by polymorphonuclear leukocytes. [L.]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Detailed list of causes of Pus

The list below shows some of the causes of Pus mentioned in various sources:

Abscess
Acne
Actinomycetales infection - organ abscesses
Actinomycosis - abscess formation
Bacteremia - abscesses
Bacterial appendicitis - Abscess formation
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How Common are these Causes of Pus?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Pus. Of the 49 causes of Pus that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

3 causes are "very common" diseases
4 causes are "common" diseases
2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
0 causes are "rare" diseases
7 causes are "very rare" diseases
38 causes have no prevalence information.

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Conditions listing symptoms: Pus:

The following list of conditions have 'Pus' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

Actinomycetales infection ... organ abscesses, skin abscess

Actinomycosis ... abscess formation

B

Blastomycosis ... abscess over bone lesion

Boil ... pus head appears on the boil, burst boil, boil on skin

C

Cancer ... abscess

Carbuncle ... boils, group of boils, skin abscess

Chronic Granulomatous Disease ... boils

Crohn's disease ... abscess

D

Dental caries ... Abscess

Dental conditions ... Abscess

Diabetes ... skin boils, abscess

Diabetes mellitus, transient neonatal ... abscess

F

Flavimonas oryzihabitans ... abscesses

Fournier Gangrene ... pus

G

Glanders ... pus-forming skin infections, skin abscess

H

HIV/AIDS ... abscess

Hyper-IgE Syndrome ... skin abscesses

Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E ... skin abscesses

I

Immune deficiency conditions ... abscess

K

Kraemer syndrome ... abscess in scleral vessels

L

Listeriosis - granulomatous infantiseptica ... skin abscess

M

Melioidosis ... abscesses, skin abscesses, lymph node abscesses, organ abscesses, bone abscesses

N

Nocardiosis ... skin abscesses, organ abscesses

R

Rhodococcus equi ... skin abscess

S

Sporotrichosis ... boil-like lesions

T

The clap ... abscesses

U

Ulcerative colitis ... abscess

Conditions listing complications: Pus:

The following list of conditions have 'Pus' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.