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Does Sweating And Bumps On Rib Cage Indicate Staph Infection?
Hi! I am a 50 year old woman going through menopause :( with server sweat (10 sweat attacks through out the day and night More at night. I sleep with a fan on all night right on my face. I also have these pimple type bumps with the head having some amount of pus. They are mostly on my right side on my rib cage. (about 20 spread up and down the rib cage. I just got 4 on my bottom (where my underwear end on my thigh. I don't know what these are. Is it staf? I went to a dr and he said it was a viral infection and gave me vibramycin 100 mg capsules.
Do you know what these are.
Do you know what these are.
Mon, 5 Oct 2015
Welcome at HCM
I have gone through your and being your physcian i completely understand your health concerns.
for how long u are suffering from it? any other associated problem? like diabetes or hyptertensio? are u having fever? any other lymph node swelling in ur body? is swelling on both sides of neck or not?
In my opinion it is better to diagnose it by examining rather than illustrating, anyways, based upon your history, if these are red pimples with a pus then it is a pyogenic infection mean it may be due to staph, plus strep can also cause it ,BUT , it can be a viral infection with superadded bacterial one too.
As far as vibramycn is concerned i dont think its indication here in this scenario. if u are having associated URINARY TRACT INFECTION then it can be justified..if you dont get any improvement then consult your doctor again
meanwhile stay calm and use acetaminophen to relieve pain
get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
I have gone through your and being your physcian i completely understand your health concerns.
for how long u are suffering from it? any other associated problem? like diabetes or hyptertensio? are u having fever? any other lymph node swelling in ur body? is swelling on both sides of neck or not?
In my opinion it is better to diagnose it by examining rather than illustrating, anyways, based upon your history, if these are red pimples with a pus then it is a pyogenic infection mean it may be due to staph, plus strep can also cause it ,BUT , it can be a viral infection with superadded bacterial one too.
As far as vibramycn is concerned i dont think its indication here in this scenario. if u are having associated URINARY TRACT INFECTION then it can be justified..if you dont get any improvement then consult your doctor again
meanwhile stay calm and use acetaminophen to relieve pain
get well soon
Hope your query is adequately addressed if you still have any feel free to ask
Regards
Dr Saad Sultan
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