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Large Pimple On Cleft, Red Blotchy Pimples On Butt And Severe Pain While Sitting Down. What Are The Required Treatments?
I have what appears to be a large pimple in my cleft, and it is covered with something dark, which appears to be dried up blood. I also have red blotchy looking pimples on butt. I have very good hygenie and never experienced such tremendous pain when I tried to sit down. I do sweat alot when working out, but I have no clue how this happened. Please help
Tue, 3 Dec 2013
Hi. Thanks for posting HCM
Seems to be bacterial infection, furunculosis/folliculits i.e boils.
If i were your treating doctor, I would have put you empirically on a course of oral antibiotics for a week (penicillin or cepahlosporin group). You can get a prescription for this from your local practitioner
I would also want to send a pus sample for culture and sensitivity from the ruptured boil.
Apart from that you can apply topical mupirocin cream 2% to the affected area twice daily. Its available OTC.
Use an antibacterial soap and since you sweat a lot it would be advisable that you take a bath in morning as well as evening.
An OTC painkiller like Ibuprofen 400mg twice daily would help in relieving the pain.
take care
dr. kakkar
Seems to be bacterial infection, furunculosis/folliculits i.e boils.
If i were your treating doctor, I would have put you empirically on a course of oral antibiotics for a week (penicillin or cepahlosporin group). You can get a prescription for this from your local practitioner
I would also want to send a pus sample for culture and sensitivity from the ruptured boil.
Apart from that you can apply topical mupirocin cream 2% to the affected area twice daily. Its available OTC.
Use an antibacterial soap and since you sweat a lot it would be advisable that you take a bath in morning as well as evening.
An OTC painkiller like Ibuprofen 400mg twice daily would help in relieving the pain.
take care
dr. kakkar
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