If the pool of blood is exposed to the outside, infection may follow.

In women, such infections most often follow sexual intercourse, which has given them the common appellation of honeymoon cystitis.

Inflammation and infection within the affected gland may follow.

This is unique in that if such rods were administered to a human, the body would reject the steel and infection would almost certainly follow.

Bacterial infection of the cornea can follow from an injury or from wearing contact lenses.

Because infections sometimes follow sexual activity, they have been dubbed "the honeymoon disease."

Serious secondary infections, such as pneumonia, can follow, especially if you have flu rather than a cold.

Although most infections follow an indolent course, the disease can progress rapidly.

And if the thorn was dirty, then an infection would follow that could spread and kill the entire body.

Sometimes, a bacterial infection will follow a cold virus.