
Suggest Treatment For Bumps In The Armpit

Please attach a photo of it.
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Hello!
Thank you for the query.
Can you please attach a photo of this lump? Otherwise it will be extremely hard to give valuable answer.
Generally under the armpit we can find superficial lumps (just below the skin) and deep lumps. This deep lumps (it is necessary to palpate really deeply to feel them) are usually lymph nodes.
Superficial lumps are usually visible from the outside and easily palpated right under the skin. If thats what seem to be your lump, there is no need to worried. Most likely this lump is a hair follicle infection due to shaving or deodorant usage indeed. And if its superficial (and you are not a skinny person), there is no need to perform any blood work or other tests. All you have to do in such case is wash it with water and soap and use sterile shaver.
This is the best I can tell not being able to see it. So please attach a photo of it if that possible. Or at least please describe how you palpate it and how deep it is located.
Hope this will help. Feel free to ask further questions.
Regards.


This is not a lymph node.
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This really does not look like a lymph node. Its just under the skin and looks typically to skin changed caused by shaving. Even if you do not see hair follicles over the lump, it seems to be it.
Lymph nodes are usually much deeper in the armpit.
So please follow as instructed above (use sterile shaver and wash it with water and soap). If this wont help, you may consult your doctor and have armpits and breasts ultrasound. But it does not seem to be necessary at this point.


Give it a week.
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You can give it one more week. If no improvement that go for an ultrasound.


It's not that deep into the skin.
There is not much you can do at home.
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Well, if it wont go away by its own, the best method is its incision and drainage. Unfortunately you wont be able to do that at home.
And as this is not an urgent condition, ER visit is not a good idea. You should rather get scheduled to such ultrasound.

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