An 11-year-old boy in Los Angeles discovered a snail had been living inside of his elbow for a whole week. According to a recent article published in the medical journal BMJ Case, the boy cut his ...

A scraped elbow may not seem like an unusual injury, but for one 11-year-old boy in California, his health took an odd turn after he fell and hurt his left elbow while exploring a tide pool. The boy's ...

A checkered periwinkle marine snail, similar to these sitka periwinkles, was found growing inside an abscess on an 11-year-old Southern California boy’s arm. Emily Grason University of Washington When ...

A skin abscess is a bump within or below the skin’s surface. It is usually full of pus, painful, and may feel thick and swollen. This is typically caused by a bacterial infection. A skin abscess may ...