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How Can Infection Around An Injection Site Be Treated?

i am a doctor i had a young patient with pilonidal cyst it was not infected i injected 40 mg triamcinolone to his cyst after 2 days he became worse and developed severe infection around the site of injection that leads to operation my treatment was correct or not and his infection was related to that infection or not
Mon, 5 Mar 2018
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Hello,

First, triamcinolone injections are not standard treatment of pilonidal sinus and this cannot cure the disease.

It is hard to say if this became infected before or after injection but in every case this was not big mistake form you since such cysts should always be incised and drained.

In future, it is better to treat it surgically before it becomes inflamed.

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein
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How Can Infection Around An Injection Site Be Treated?

Hello, First, triamcinolone injections are not standard treatment of pilonidal sinus and this cannot cure the disease. It is hard to say if this became infected before or after injection but in every case this was not big mistake form you since such cysts should always be incised and drained. In future, it is better to treat it surgically before it becomes inflamed. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Iven Romic Rommstein