Angioedema is the rapid swelling of the area beneath the skin, often presenting rapidly as a red and bumpy area referred to as “hives”. It has numerous causes and in some cases can be life threatening due to airway obstruction when swelling is excessive. This is the case presentation of a single 27 year old […]
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Medical Marijuana, A New Topical For Wound Pain?
Reports of the use of extracts from the cannabis (marijuana) plant being applied topically to open cutaneous wounds, for the purposes of promoting wound healing and relieving wound-related pain, date back to antiquity. Pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is a rare inflammatory neutrophilic skin disease, that classically presents as cutaneous ulcerations which most commonly occur on the […]