infections

[mrszippy]

20 yrs recurrent boils with multiple surgical removal.  Now the abscess(s) have greatly multiplied, will not drain, appear like woms just below skin surface & spead to nasal cavity, chin, & forehead.  there is much tunneling, great pain, and this wormlike infection will come out of central hole but burrows back in immediately & seems to have sharp spikey tennacles.  Please help

[Dr Santos]

Hi,
How are you? Recurrent boils or furunculosis may be managed with both medical and surgical means. It is important that the offending agents like staphylococcus aureus should be identified for proper management. If the organisms is already resistant to broad spectrum drugs, there are some available antibiotics that still may be used. Take care and do keep us posted.

[Doodles_Mimi]

Hello.i am curious to know, when you've had these surgeries you've mentioned, what has been removed? When you first started getting these boils, were they the typical boils caused by "Cystic Acne"? How did they first begin forming, one at a time or multiples? How long is it between needing to have another surgery? One more thing, does it just "feel like" there are worms, or are there actually worms present? I am sorry that you have had to deal with this problem for soo long without a diagnosis. Have you been to many different doctors over the years, or mainly the same ones? What HAVE they told you, anything? I notice you wrote this in Jan. 2011 I hope you have had some help since then, Good luck!