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???

[dollyflower]

hi.  my friend had sores in the summer.  like a dummy, she wanted a zit popped and i did it.  since feb, i have horrible blisters that turn to sores and never go away.  one doctor gave me pills for parasites.  another gave me cream for scabbies.  i just finished antiboticecs,  (sp?) with no relief, so i had some at home from one of the kids, took those for 10 days, and it is worse.  i  emailed mayo clinic, hope i can get an appointment.  if not i will go to the er.  any advise?

[dollyflower]

ps my hands and feet feel like blisters and go numb.  the sores hurt till popped, then scab up and get bigger. its all over my face and whole body except private area.

[dejaland]

I have had the same problem for over two years....nothing works! it's gross and embarrassing and scarring my face, chest, back..! :(

[prashon]

hi,

I too have this problem,,, one month back one came first time and docotr cut it and removed some puss and give anitbiotics..now after one month again one came ...now just i did google to get all these readings ... so no solution for this...green tea and fish oil benefit.. any other stuffs we can do to aviod it...

[silk573]

For the last year I've been having recurring face boils.  I got rid of the problem by taking fish oil supplements.  I still get the “beginnings” of a boil, but it never continues to a point where it’s noticeable.  It’s as if it’s trying to take hold, but my body can now fight it off before it can be anything but a minor pimple.

I was curious if anyone else has had success with increasing the amount of Omega 3 in their diet using fish oil?

[dejaland]

i am still dealing with the infection and have posted multiple photos in my profile. has anyone had this problem after surgery?