A woman has stopped wearing underwear after sleeping in a pair of knickers put her in hospital. Kaela Tucker’s underpants had ...

A 27-year-old man will have a scar on his face for the rest of his life, after what he thought was a pimple turned out to be an infected cyst. In late 2024, Kai Davidson noticed a small lump on ...

At the hospital, doctors used an ultrasound wand to confirm a 4.8cm Bartholin cyst – a fluid-filled blockage in a Bartholin's gland in the labia – had formed, with blood work showing she had a “raging ...

Pilonidal sinus is a skin infection that causes a cyst near the buttocks, just beneath the tailbone. The infection often occurs when an ingrown hair grows internally and infects the skin.

Kaela Tucker, 26, from the US, was left in excruciating pain after a cut inside her vagina became infected and formed a ...

a cyst grows slowly and isn’t usually painful, unless it becomes enlarged an abscess is painful, irritated, often red, and swollen, and the infection can cause symptoms elsewhere in the body ...

It may resemble a pit or small depression in the skin. According to the Pilonidal Support Alliance, 99% of the cysts are abscesses, which are pockets of infection underneath the skin.

The cyst can also become infected and form an abscess, or a painful, puss-filled pocket. Once branchial cysts begin growing, doctors will advise immediate removal to prevent further infection.