painful recurring face infection (boil)

[Jeeperz]

HELP!
For the past two years I have been getting painful recurring face infection (boil)  on different parts of my face (my chin, above eye, on rim of ear, on skin just in front of earlobe... anywhere.

I feel one coming on and I call in a perscription for Dicloxacillin 500 mg and take 4 a day (28 pills).  It goes away and I am fine for 3 to 4 months and I get another one different place.  The Dr. at the clinic I go to says that I probably have an infection in my nose that is the cause of re-infecting ... I have swabbed a special antibiotic in my nose for a number if days to try to kill it (Dr. even had my husband do it to, just incase It was somehow from him).  That was about a year ago and I still get these things.  Early on I would go longer before I took antibiotics but it would grow very fast and very painful.  The first one I got had to be lanced by a surgeon because it was so big ... and I have never felt so much pain... I then took them VERY seriously from then on... I don't know what to do I want them to stop and I hate(!) taking so much antibiotics ... I know that is not good for you at all...
I go to a free clinic ... so there is just so much they can do... they give me refills of the Dicloxacillin and I take them every few months because I have to...
This is painful and scary...

Has anyone else had a problem like this???

[Brain_pain]

Funny you mention this. I, too, have the same issue with frequent/reoccurring boil-like cysts that do not respond to antibiotics, antivirals, topical rx creams, or accutane. I, nor my doc nor derm have any idea what these "things" are nor whats causing. I have to no avail found any solace or answers to situation I've been in for a considerable amount of time now. Awful pain, constant reoccurrences, reinfection, depression, and seclusion are all that I know now. However I've never given up hope on finding a solution. Here's a list of possible commonalities that we can consider in finding a cure that I've researched during my isolation periods when I'm at my worst...
1. CANDIDA YEAST OVERGROWTH (consuming too much sugar & processed foods)
2. TOOTH DECAY/CAVITY/PLAQUE&GINGIVITIS ISSUES
3. GLUTEN ALLERGY ( w/ or w/o celiacs diagnosis)
4. ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT IMMUNE SYMPTOMS
5. FUNGAL INFECTION
6. STRESS & CORTISOL OVERLOAD
7. HPV STRAIN ( d/o of PREVIOUS HPV already established )
8. POLY-CYSTIC (OVARIAN) EPISODES
9. HORMONAL ALLERGY CAUSED BY DAIRY CONSUMPTION
10. ADRENAL FATIGUE OR ADRENAL EXAUSTION
11. GLUCOSE/THROID INTERACTION
12. LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT
13. PRE-EXISTING BULIMIA/ANOREXIA d/o
14. PET DANDER ALLERGIES
...TO BE CONTINUED
(d/o stands for disorder and can be substituted to mean diagnosis when appropriate)

Any thoughts on the aforementioned topics??

[redbird107]

For me, it seems to be potatoes. Before I realized it was potatoes, when I was younger I was getting them all along my jaw line (now loaded with little round scars)...I'm a picker, but like someone else said, if they aren't there I won't squeeze at them! It wasn't until later when I realized I would get them after I've had potatoes several days in a row. I have had a weakness for mashed potatoes, so I gave up making them so I wouldn't eat so much of it, and that's when my "boils" went away. Now, any time I've had potatoes (either mashed, fries, or chips) several days in a row, I end up getting a boil or two. They hurt so bad it feels like it's deep in a nerve, and it never "pops"...so I usually end up putting a needle into it to relieve some of the pressure....blood, and lots of it, oozes out giving relief. Then the skin forms a scab and in a couple days it's cleared up, leaving a scar. It always makes me angry with myself that I've allowed myself to eat potatoes several days in a row. *sigh*

[heyhelloha]

its sugar!!!!!

[heyhelloha]

i have the same problem...it has taken me many years to figure it out.....ITS SUGAR!!!!,,,i am a binge beer drinker and the boils come and go on one side then the other....ITS  SUGAR!!!!...ask yourself and be honest...howw much ice cream,cookies,donuts,etc are you eating...how much beer,wine,juice,milk,POP are you drinking...how much gum with aspartame are you chewing....ITS SUGAR!!!!,,,,cut it all out for 2 months i guarantee they go away...good luck to you all

[vangos553]

I've had similar problems. Initially swelling up high on my cheekbone lots of pain and thought a spider bit me. After a few days it calmed down but still felt hard and sore to touch, It was so close to my eye I didn't dare pick it as I had fear infection could spread to my brain. Several months later I could still feel it deep in my face yet No obvious swelling that could be seen. Unfortunately another one came up nearby even more painful but lower down my face. This one i decided to attack and lanced it with a needle as it felt closer to the surface. This did not resolve anything expect to cause me lots of pain, increase the swelling and bruise and scab over from my effort to squeeze out anything I could. I had to accept it and leave it alone and went on a antibiotics. Eventually they both went on their own completely . The one I picked left a deep scar. Several years later I had my left nipple suddenly super swollen and painful. Doctor lanced it as he feared i coild get septicemia and he put me on antibiotics. It relieved the pain but never completely cleared. When it re-cured he reffered me for a mri and then to a surgeon to remove what he believed was a cyst. The surgeon operated but found no cyst, ( only scar tissue he said). Started healing and was draining for a few weeks. Soon as I thought It's over it happened again in the same spot. Doctor lanced it once again as it was huge and more anti biotics. Never completely went and within six weeks came back. GP sent me to surgeon again. Surgeon said more antibiotics and come back in month for another surgecical removal. Nobody could say what it was and the pathology from previous axcision showed no abnormalities. I was tired of this painful unresolved problem and was not prepared to let surgeon cut me agin to remove whaT? I decided only I can heal myself as they ae just doing blind guesswork and sticking to what they know. I didscussed with the doctors natural approaches and they really aren't interested. They said do what you like with natural therapies as thel make no difference so they won't hurt you. ARROGANT. I  decided to fast as long as I could and do a detox thinking I could sort do a reset on my body. I  held a complete fast for 36hrs (only drinking water) I did a coffee enema to cleanse the liver where toxicity builds up. I stopped drinking coffee, alcohol, dairy, meats, wheat. I took vitamin A, B, E. Had olive leaf extract and essiac tea , raw honey and applecider vinegar, I sliced turmeric root and placed as a compress over my infected nipple. I drank Turmeric tea,(either sliced root steeped in boiling water or a teaspoon of turmeric powder in dissolved in water). I eat anything I know to be high in antioxidants. Beetroot, berries, etc. Eat super foods like quinoa and try to eat organic though not easy as very expensive.  .Since  beginning these natural methods my nipple now has no pain, swelling, redness. Even the scar tissue from the surgary has softened. We are our own best doctors. How can somebody else know your body better than yourself. Most doctors can only repeat what they'ved learnt in the curicullams their study involved. Many never even study nutrition or any alternative therapies. They all take a Hippocratic oath yet ignore Hippocrates teaching of "let food be thy medicine". This has worked for me so far and trust it will continue to do so. I believe that it's important to have faith in oursel and our ability to heal ourselves. With out belief and faith it is unlikely to work as well. Our brain and mind affects every aspect of our being physicakl and otherwise. Believe in yourselves and we shall all overcome. All my  best wishes for everybody on the path to health and wellbeing.

[walesgirl]

So, I have an enormous 'boil'  on the left side of my chin, it has been there a week and I've been taking 2000mg of anti-biotic since Friday, it is now Monday morning at the boil is still the size of a 10p (sorry don't know American coins), the swelling though is up as far as my eye, across my chin and up my jaw, it is really painful but mostly unsightly, there is no sign of a head and if it goes down I'm sure it will come back again.
I have been having these on and off since I was a teenager (the doctor took photographs of them), I am now 38.
I think a change of blood has a lot to do with this, each 7 years when I have a change of blood (as is the natural cycle) my complaints change or move, I currently have no eczema, which is the first time in my life, but each 7 years it has moved and boils have come and gone in this time.

I don't know what to do about it but feel so bad for everyone struggling out there, I've decided to go out today, I can't let this stop me from doing what I would normally and neither should you :-)