Hard infected area w/ pimples in groin area

Question

I've had this for about a week and a half now. It started out as an attack of what looked like pimples in my lower abdomen/groin area. I tried to take good care and pop them when needed without spreading the pus on the inside, but it must not have worked. Some of them went away, but a couple others stayed and now I have a hard, inflamed area below the skin surface that's about 2 inches in diameter, surrounded by a reddened area with no hard spots. I've been using a hot compress for the past couple days and Ibuprofen, but so far it hasn't helped.

There is pain, but it comes and goes. Sometimes, it's a sharp pain and other times, it's just an ache.

Also, I'm currently on some antibiotic pills, Azithromycin, as an adjunct to antibiotic drops for a possible ear infection and conjunctivitis. I just started those yesterday.

I'm hoping the antibiotics will take care of this, as well, but thought I'd check and see if this sounded like something else, and if I should be doing more than the antibiotics.

Any help or advice that can be offered will be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

hiko · Answer

yeah I had something like that! I was prescribed claritromicina and argentafil(sulfadiazina de plata) to burn the suckers!

coldfire · Answer

For those who care (I notice nobody replied to this thread but me) ...

It turned out to be a MRSA infection. Methicillin-Resistant Staph. The Zithromax I was on for some other stuff got it draining and helped, but it was still there and just as large after a week, so I went back in and the doctor prescribed Bactrim this time and took a sample for culturing. 

I just got a phone call today explaining what it was and an admonition to wash my hands a lot, keep it clean, wear clean clothes every day, etc. All things I like to do anyway. ;)

coldfire · Answer

Almost forgot to mention that in the past three nights, I've had chills twice. No fever (when I went to the doc in the box yesterday, I had a normal temperature).

Thanks again for any help or advice!

Hard infected area w/ pimples in groin area

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