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Child With Painful Bruise On The Knee Which Has A Pimple Head. What Could Thus Be And Treatment?
My 9 year old daughter has what looks like a bruise on her knee (she doesn't recall bumping it) and the bruise has a small white colored head in the middle of it like a pimple. It hurts when it's touched and her knee hurts when standing up from a sitting position but other than that it does not bother her. It's lasted three days so far. Any ideas about what it could be and how to heal it?
Mon, 2 Dec 2013
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From the description it seems your child is having a boil. The surrounding area is red or purple due to inflammation. To treat the same, do warm water compresses of the area and apply a topical antibiotic cream. It should heal in few days. If it does not a course of oral antibiotic would be required.
Take care
Thanks for writing to us.
From the description it seems your child is having a boil. The surrounding area is red or purple due to inflammation. To treat the same, do warm water compresses of the area and apply a topical antibiotic cream. It should heal in few days. If it does not a course of oral antibiotic would be required.
Take care
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