For runners, blisters are like the final boss in a video game. During a marathon, you’ve battled ‘Misjudged Pacing’, ‘Gel-Based Nausea’ and ‘The Wall’ and slayed them all. You believe you’re through ...

BLISTERS MIGHT NOT seem like a big deal—until you get one and remember how debilitating they can be. These painful skin ...

Dear Doctors: I do a lot of hiking and camping, and when there is terrain that is rough, a lot of times I’ll get a blister. How do you take care of that -- are you supposed to pop it and drain it, or ...

Blisters can be caused by trauma, infection, autoimmune disorders, metabolic conditions like diabetes, and severe swelling. Autoimmune blistering diseases, like pemphigus and pemphigoid, occur when ...

It started with a bout of dry, itchy skin. Soon everything hurt. A specialist found a way to find some relief. By Lisa Sanders, M.D. The 49-year-old woman knew as soon as she got out of bed that ...