what is pus?

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what is pus? why does it form? is pus a good thing or a bad thing?

Answer 1

Pus may be disgusting to look at, but it is actually a sign of your body’s ability to fight infections. Pus means your white blood cells are attacking infections present on or in your body.

Pus can be white, slightly yellow or green, and is relatively thick, approximately the same as Elmer’s Glue. It’s actually a collection of dead skin cells, white blood cells called neutrophils, and some bacteria that is still putting up a fight. It is a visible sign that you have an infection. A minor source of tiny amounts of pus, as in a pimple, merely needs to be washed and cleaned with an antiseptic. Many infections that show pus are derived from staph bacteria, which we all have in some amount on our skin.

With small pimples, it is sufficient to use hot compresses, so that the pus drains. After a daily compress treatment, you should always be sure to use an antiseptic on the pimple. Further, wash your hands after dealing with pus in pimples, because it can still contain live bacteria which can be spread to those around you, or infect other areas of your skin. It’s usually fine to ignore small pimples until they go away. Your body is battling to fight off this small infection, and often wins this battle.

Pus coming from a wound, or a pimple that gets larger and larger, especially if it is above the cheekbone and below the forehead, suggests the body may need a little extra help fighting the infection. In these cases, a wait and see approach to pus is definitely not recommended. Untreated infections that the body can’t fight can lead to staph infections in the blood, which can be extremely serious.

If you have a great deal of pus coming from a wound, and the wound feels hard, hot, or has red streaks, these are the early signs of an infection called cellulitis, and you should see a doctor right away. Normally, a simple course of antibiotics will clear up the pus and the infection and will promote wound healing. Waiting can mean delaying healing and risking your overall health.

Pus can also be a source of infection to others, especially when there is a lot of it. If you are helping others treat an infected wound, or treating your own, you definitely want to observe excellent handwashing techniques each time you touch the wound. If you’re caring for someone else and have an infected wound, you want to keep this completely covered with bandages so as not to infect others. Young children and the elderly are especially vulnerable to staph infections.

Often, our body makes pus that we never see. For example, doctors often diagnose ear infections by noting pus in the ear canal. Organs can also be filled with pus, signalling serious infections. Sometimes a person might notice a thick yellowish or whitish fluid while urinating, suggesting a bladder infection which should be checked out by a doctor.

As ironic as it may seem, however, a small amount of pus, particularly in a pimple, is a sign of good health. People who don’t produce enough neutrophils also don’t produce enough pus, and can have a terrible time fighting off infections. In people with healthy immune systems, a simple pus filled pimple suggests your body is working as it should.

Answer 2

Pus is part of the inflammatory reaction that is the body's response to infection. Infection caused the body to produce white blood cells, which are the part of the blood that fight infection, and this is basically what pus is.

So pus is a good thing in that it means the body is attempting to fight infection, but it is a bad thing in that it shows there is infection present - and by the time large amounts of pus have formed it usually means there is overwhelming infection and the body is losing the battle, e.g if an abscess forms at a wound site. Pus means antibiotics are needed!

Answer 3

What happens when you have an infection is some white blood cells eat up the pathogens (infection-causing organisms) and then burst to kill them. Pus is the whitish/yellowish fluid-like substance that contains the broken white blood cells and dead pathogens that are left over in the area of the infection.

Pus is a bad sign because it means you have an infection, but it shows that your body is trying to fight it, which is good. So sometimes it's good to have pus to tell you that you have an infection when you might not have noticed it otherwise, because then you treat it properly.

Answer 4

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
Pus is produced from the dead and living cells which travel into the intercellular spaces around the affected cells.
And it's very bad for you..it's a infection of some sort.

Answer 5

You need to look the word "pus" up on the internet to get a full description of what it is. It is a reaction of the body to an infection in some form or another. It forms because "white blood cells" go to the where the "infection" is, they attempt to clear the area of the infection, "pus" forms. Pus, to the medical person, is an indicator that there is infection. Once again, you can get more detailed, further information by checking out the word "pus" on the internet or looking in a medical dictionary.

Answer 6

It's the gunk generated by the body's immune system to fight off foreign bodies found in the bloodstream. It's often white in appearance as the leucocytes (white blood cells) are this color when they conglomerate.
It's generally a good thing to know that the body is capable of generating 'pus'; without it the body would be overcome with infection and the infections would kill the host. On the flip side, localized pus, i.e., around a cut, indicates that the lesion has become infected with the possible danger of further infection which isn't good (see above).

Answer 7

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I get these all the time. They are aggravating, aren't they? Here's what you do...sterilize a needle with alcohol. Squeeze the pimple gently between your fingers. With your other hand stick the needle in the center of the pimple. You will feel the needle enter the pus pocket (you will have to stick the needle in about a millimeter or so). Move the needle back and forth gently while it is still in the pimple. Remove needle and get ready for an explosion! The pus will flow directly out with minimal effort. Good luck.

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pus is too many white blood cells, because they fight infection, so if you have an infected cut and theres pus thats your body trying to fight against infection. if it dries it forms a scab. its good in small doeses, but if theres ALOT of it then you'd need an anti biotic or disinfectant...