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Hands are frequently exposed to sun, chemicals, soaps, and a variety of environmental conditions. Given everything you do with your hands, it makes sense why they get dry and even peel sometimes. Not to mention, certain medications and underlying health conditions can cause peeling skin on hands, too. This article lists 12 reasons for peeling skin on hands, along with how those underlying causes may be treated. It also provides a list of ways to prevent the condition. ljubaphoto / Getty Images Sunburn Sunburn is one of the most common causes of peeling skin on the hands. Usually, a sunburn manifests as hot, red skin. You might not notice that your skin is being burnt while you're under the sun. In many cases, sunburn becomes apparent a little bit later, once you have retired to the shade. More severe sunburn will start to peel within a few days. This means that your body is shedding damaged skin cells to make way for new ones. Especially se...

C hris Rose lost ten years of his health—not to mention his gallbladder—to a single tick bite. The tick bit in 2010 and Rose, now a 50-year-old network engineer in Chapel Hill, N.C., thought little of it at the time. "It was one of those lone star ticks," he says, "and I just picked it off me. It wasn't a big deal." Before long, however, Rose began developing crushing chest pains, abdominal discomfort, diarrhea, and other symptoms. Doctors screened him for heart disease, irritable bowel syndrome, and gallstones, and even removed his gallbladder to see if that might ease the intestinal symptoms. But nothing worked, and the symptoms persisted for a decade. Finally, in 2020, he visited Dr. Sarah McGill, a gastroenterologist at the University of North Carolina. She performed a colonoscopy and prescribed a round of antibiotics—to no avail—and then, as Rose recalls, McGill took a blood sample and said, "'I want to test you for something. It may be a fluke, bu...

Ringworm is a highly contagious but easy-to-treat fungal infection spread between animals and humans, with symptoms that typically last up to 14 days. It appears on the skin, hair, and nails in humans and on the skin, claws, or hooves in animals. Ringworm is contagious during the incubation period, which typically lasts one to three weeks but may be shorter. Ringworm is not caused by worms. Rather, its name comes from its distinct circular rash that usually makes it easy to diagnose and treat. Read on to learn how ringworm is contracted, how long it's contagious, and how to prevent spread. alejandrophotography / Getty Images Yes, Ringworm Is Contagious Ringworm is contagious. There are more than 40 different species of fungi that can cause the infection. There are various names for the condition depending on where the ringworm is located and what species of fungi it belongs to. These include: Tinea corporis: Ringworm on the body ...

Foodborne illness, often called food poisoning or foodborne disease, is any illness that results from eating contaminated food. It is a common cause of diarrheal illness in Wisconsin. If you believe you or someone you know became ill from eating a certain food, contact your local health department. If you are severely ill, see a doctor immediately. Food poisoning can be especially dangerous for infants, pregnant people, older adults, and people who are immunocompromised. Reporting illnesses to your local health department helps them identify potential foodborne disease outbreaks. By investigating foodborne disease outbreaks, public health officials learn about possible problems in food production, distribution, and preparation that may cause illness. Additional resources Questions about Food Poisoning? Contact us! Phone: 608-267-9003 | Fax: 608-261-4976 Wisconsin Local Health Departments – Regional offices – Tribal agencies Adbloc...

The bacteria are a leading cause of food poisoning. Here's how to avoid an infection. Cantaloupe, diced onions, cookie dough, granola bars, charcuterie — what do these very different foods have in common? They all have beencontaminated by salmonella, which sickens an estimated 1.35 million people in the United States each year. Infections from the bacteria — the most frequently reported cause of food-borne illness, according to the Department of Agriculture — can lead to symptoms such as fever, diarrhea and abdominal pain that may last for days. People often get sick with salmonellosis, the infection caused by the bacteria, after eating undercooked meat or other contaminated foods, but the microbes can lurk in many other places, too. "There's all these different pathways that can lead to human illness," said Dr. Louise Francois Watkins, a physician with the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Here's what you need...

Overview Sepsis is a serious condition that happens when the body's immune system has an extreme response to an infection. The body's reaction causes damage to its own tissues and organs.   Sepsis can affect anyone, but people who are older, very young, pregnant or have other health problems are at higher risk. Common signs of sepsis include fever, fast heart rate, rapid breathing, confusion and body pain. It can lead to septic shock, multiple organ failure and death. Sepsis is usually caused by bacterial infections but may be the result of other infections such as viruses, parasites or fungi. Treatment for sepsis requires medical care. It will include antimicrobials, intravenous fluids and careful monitoring. Sepsis acquired in health care settings is one of the most frequent adverse events during care delivery and affect hundreds of millions of patients worldwide every year. Healthcare-associated infections are caused by organisms / pathogens that are often ...

Results During 2017–2019, a total of 800 foodborne illness outbreaks associated with 875 retail food establishments were reported to NEARS by the 25 participating state and local health departments. Among the 800 outbreaks, 216 (27.0%) occurred in 2017, 306 (38.3%) in 2018, and 278 (34.8%) in 2019. Of these outbreaks, 725 (90.6%) involved one establishment and 75 (9.4%) involved multiple establishments. Twenty-eight (3.5%) were multistate outbreaks. Investigators conducted an interview with a manager in 679 (84.9%) outbreaks. Outbreak Characteristics Investigations identified an etiologic agent in 555 (69.4%) outbreaks. Of these agents, 157 (28.3%) were suspected and 398 (71.7%) were confirmed. A majority of identified agents were viral (48.1%) and bacterial (46.8%); parasitic (2.3%) and toxic or chemical (2.5%) agents accounted for the remainder. The most common agent was norovirus, accounting for 47.0% (65.1% of which were laboratory confirmed), followed by Salmonella , account...