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What Causes A Boil Underneath The Breast?
I have what I think is a boil on the underneath of my breast. The outer edges are hard and rigid(not perfectly smooth or round/oval) and the middle is soft. A little bit of blood came out of it about 4 days ago and yesterday clear pus came out of it. It doesn t seem to be growing in size, but it doesn t seem to be shrinking either. Should I be concerned of breast cancer?
Wed, 2 Nov 2016
Hi welcome to the health care magic
Kindly mention your age and size of lesion...
Here it will mostly be superficial skin bacterial infection like boil or abscess
If size is big enough than incision and drainage done with regular dressing under antibiotic coverage
If it seems to be lump after examination than FNAC investigation done to rule out nature of lesion
Take care
Consult general surgeon for examination and further work up
Kindly mention your age and size of lesion...
Here it will mostly be superficial skin bacterial infection like boil or abscess
If size is big enough than incision and drainage done with regular dressing under antibiotic coverage
If it seems to be lump after examination than FNAC investigation done to rule out nature of lesion
Take care
Consult general surgeon for examination and further work up
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