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Blistering is a bubble of skin filled with fluid. They can occur to excessive rubbing (as with a new pair of shoes), or from burns.

Dr. Keegan Duchicela reviewed this

14 year experience in family medicine

How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Very common

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Skin

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Infected hair follicle (folliculitis)
Condition
Herpes simplex
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Infected insect bite
Condition
Frostbite
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