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What Causes Painful Itchy Bumps On Legs?

I thought I was bitten by a spider on lower leg which swelled up for a few days and was hard to walk. Every day I have developed more hard red knot like bumps on same lower leg. They are itchy and painful, and it seems to be getting worse. Any ideas what this could be?
Fri, 23 May 2014
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Hello,
Thanks for the query.
You might have developed furuncles.
These are deep bacterial infections.
Treatment is with antibiotics but the choice of antibiotics should be based on culture and sensitivity tests.
These can be recurrent hence adequate and appropiate treatment is must
Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.
Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818
Wishing you a good health.
Thank you

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What Causes Painful Itchy Bumps On Legs?

Hello, Thanks for the query. You might have developed furuncles. These are deep bacterial infections. Treatment is with antibiotics but the choice of antibiotics should be based on culture and sensitivity tests. These can be recurrent hence adequate and appropiate treatment is must Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you a good health. Thank you