what is puss?

Question

i get puss in my ear lobes and under my breasts and of course with pimples, why? how does it develop? if it is linked to sweating how does an earlobe sweat?

Answer 1

It is the by product of infection. Not necessarily linked to actual sweating but to the oil production inside the gland of your skin. By being oily it traps bacteria and becomes infected. Try using triple antibiotic (generic) cream or if you prefer a brand name use (neosporin cream). In between applications use soap and water and the cotton ball with hydrogen peroxide. That should keep them cleared up for you.

Answer 2

Pus is a whitish-yellow or yellow substance produced during inflammatory responses of the body that can be found in regions of pyogenic bacterial infections. An accumulation of pus in an enclosed tissue space is known as an abscess. A visible collection of pus within or beneath the epidermis, on the other hand, is known as a pustule or pimple. Pus is produced from the dead and living white blood cells which travel into the intercellular spaces around the affected cells.

Something that creates pus is called suppurative, pyogenic, or purulent. If it creates mucus as well as pus, it is called mucopurulent.

Pus consists of a thin, protein-rich fluid, known as liquor puris, and dead neutrophils, which are part of the body's innate immune response. Neutrophils are produced in the bone marrow and released into the blood. When the need to fight infection arises, they move to the site of infection by a process known as chemotaxis, usually triggered by cytokine release from macrophages that sense invading organisms. At the site of infection they engulf and kill bacteria. After it has killed a bacterium, the neutrophil dies. These dead cells are then phagocytosed by macrophages, which break them down further. Pus, therefore, is the creamy material composed of these dead neutrophils.

Neutrophils are the most abundant type of leukocyte in human blood, comprising anywhere between 40% to 75% of leukocytes.

When seen in a wound or dry skin, pus indicates the area is infected and should be cleaned with antiseptic

Answer 3

puss is called as abscess in medical terminology.
Puss is formed after sme infection. Puss contains debris constuting dead RBCs, WBCs, platelets, desquamated epithelial tissue, few bacterias etc....

Treatment for puss is only its drainage!...

Answer 4

*Pus* is dead white blood cells and it generally comes from inflamations and pimple like growths, not sweat.

Answer 5

ur the cat out of shrek.........puss in boots

Answer 6

It is sometimes mistaken, understandably, for liberal blather.

Answer 7

ITS A CAT