Your tongue is naturally lumpy, but noticeable bumps on the back of the tongue signal an irritation, infection, or serious medical condition like HPV, syphilis, and cancer. Because tongue bumps range ...

Keratosis pilaris is a common skin condition. It’s also easily treated at home. Credit...Joyce Lee for The New York Times Supported by By Erica Sweeney Q: I have a bunch of small, rough bumps on my ...

More than 50% of people experience transient lingual papillitis, a benign form of tongue bumps. Stress and anxiety can cause tongue bumps by affecting your immune system. Bumps on the tongue could be ...

Carrie Madormo, RN, MPH, is a health writer. She has over a decade of experience as a registered nurse, practicing in a variety of fields, such as pediatrics, oncology, chronic pain, and public health ...

The bump on the thumb turned out to be melanoma lurking under the skin. A couple of weeks later, the oncologist said it’s a ...

Jessica Butler, 29, was diagnosed with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), a chronic disease that causes boil-like lumps to form under the skin, when she was a teenager. Her symptoms were pretty ...

Riley Moscicki, a 25-year-old public relations specialist from Rochester, New York, never had skin problems growing up. But at age 24, after a trip to Georgia, she developed small bumps anywhere her ...

If you’re someone who shaves regularly, you’ve likely dealt with razor bumps. They can be pretty uncomfortable and irritating, so you may be wondering how to get rid of razor bumps fast — or, more ...