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boils

by babygirl414, Nov 30, 2006 12:00AM
1. I am use to having boils in my butt area, like the cheeks, under them and on the inner thigh, but recently they are now on my stomach. i have been having boils for atleast 2 years now but all of a sudden there popping up on my lower stomach, any ideas.  
2. about two weeks ago, one day on two occasions i had sharp shooting pains in my right breast, and ideas, never happened before.
3. i havent had my period since like august i think, then on the 13 of this month i had started spotting and started signs of a bladder infection or a UTI infection, the bladder thing went away in like 3 days but i kept spotting till like the 25 and it was barely anything there the whole time. somedays there would be nothing at all but most of the time just spotting not even enough to show in the pad, only when i wiped, any ideas on that one.
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by lucylocket2, Nov 30, 2006 12:00AM
Antibacterial soap. Use a lufa (sp) and scrub. That's what I was told. Ya may need to go to the doc. for it. I hope that helps. i hope it's nothing  to worry about. Oh yeah, try to go with out indies too. Let me know if it works.

by Queque, Nov 30, 2006 12:00AM
You May be PG and You can get boils anywere. Boils mean you have a infected Hair follicle or Gland, or a skin cyst.Try a PG test.

by babylove2006, Nov 30, 2006 12:00AM
I have had boils in every place you have described. You need to use Anit-bacterial soup. You can also get the Doctor to give you some Anti-botics like amoxicilin or ampilicilin. They are basically the same thing. That will target the boils from the inside and it will help them from coming back. Good Luck! :)

by Nobz, Dec 05, 2006 12:00AM
Recurrent boils are also an indication of diabetis.  You may want your doctor to check your fasting glucose levels.  Sometimes it is just an infected follicle that infects another and it just keeps going.  The stronger antibiotics like Amoxycillin or Cotrimoxazole no longer work as effectively now as the strands of this Staph has become resistant to most of them.  Sulfa is the best one. Boils like to lodge themselves on warm parts of our bodies that have lots of fatty deposits.  While Antibacterial soap is liked by many of prevention, it is also a big factor in transmitting it to the body.  It dries the skin.  When it washes out and kills the bacteria on the skin, it also is too harsh on the skin and leaves it prone to breakdown.  Once there is a torn section on the skin, not visible to the naked eye - the bacteria enters freely and can also be transfered to different parts of the body.  Sometimes a person can have 2 or more live boils at a given time, it is because of such harsh soaps or lotions to the skin.  You need to see a Dr. because sometimes the absess (abscess) can go the wrong way and make a tunnel on the bone and that could lead to serious complications.  Boils look like a minor thing, but they really need a trained medical professional to examine them and treat them.  Dont do the old fashioned home remedy of squeezing them.  Do a lot of hot sitz bath at the hotest temperature your skin will tolerate without burning you.  That will make it ripe faster and then burst out.  Use some of that Triple Antibiotic ointment around the area and practise thorough hand washing after touching that.  Also when you use a rest room, if no seat covers are provided, use toilet paper to pad that seat so you will be protected from picking other strands.  You never know these days.  The latest boils they are seeing are MRSA (Methicillin Resistant)they could end up being treated only by a very expensive drug called Vancomycin if they are so recurrent that your body has tolerated most of the drugs and you are no longer responding to it.  Sorry for taking such a long space and time. I am just trying to say - GO SEE A DOCTOR!!!
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