arm pit cysts

[niki843]

I woke up saturday with a painful lump that i could feel in my right armpit, at this point it was not visble to the eye. It is now Tuesday night and what i have now are atleast 5 visible red hard painful cysts that are so painful that when i go to raise my right  arm i can feel pulling by my bicep muscle as well as pain. I have tried to place warm washrag on it to take awaythe pain , but this is not helping . any suggestions until I can be seen by my dr. would be of great help.

[MsMissyG]

not much i can suggest except a clean dry washcloth folded up and put between your arm and your ribs to prevent rubbing. I hope its not a lymph node infection.

[karebearlady]

This sounds like Hidradenitis Suppurativa.  Go to Mayo clinic and put this name in and it will give you the information on this problem. Hope this helps

[allmymarbles]

Cysts do not form that quickly. And they usually don't hurt. Sounds more like some sort of infection.

I gave up using anti-perspirements a long time ago because I would get inflamed bumps in my armpit. Could this be your problem?