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What Causes Recurrent Painful Lump Under The Left Arm Pit?

Hello, doctor. I have had a lump in my left armpit since late November. I went to the doctor four times and each time I was given an injection and some antibiotics as well as painkillers for the pain that was in my left arm and upper back left side. They gave me amoxylin, amoxycilin, ranclav 625 and the last time it was just an injection and 8trek drawing ointment as the doctor thought it might be a boil. None of the above worked and when I used the drawing ointment another lump appeared just below the first one and surprisingly the first one started to shrink. This one felt very painful and I started applying garlic and warm compresses. Now it s not so painful and feels softer to the touch but today I have this excruciating pain down my left arm and upper back left side and I m very worried, please help. I forgot to mention, the first time I used antibiotics it shrank bt started getting bigger again, that is the first lump
Tue, 7 Mar 2017
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Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query.

It sounds to me like this was an abscess and this is common site of this. Now, there is obviously a recurrent type of abscess which can be seen in suppurative hydradenitis or some other disorders of axillar lymph nodes. So it would be good to do ultrasound at this pint. Unfortunately, antibiotic therapy is limited in trating such abscesses and surgical drainage is the only possible option for long term success . There are various techniques and local flaps is the bst solution which is done by a plastic surgeon so you can consult him about futher steps.

I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time.
Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.
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What Causes Recurrent Painful Lump Under The Left Arm Pit?

Hi and welcome to Healthcaremagic. Thank you for your query. It sounds to me like this was an abscess and this is common site of this. Now, there is obviously a recurrent type of abscess which can be seen in suppurative hydradenitis or some other disorders of axillar lymph nodes. So it would be good to do ultrasound at this pint. Unfortunately, antibiotic therapy is limited in trating such abscesses and surgical drainage is the only possible option for long term success . There are various techniques and local flaps is the bst solution which is done by a plastic surgeon so you can consult him about futher steps. I hope I have answered you query. If you have any further questions you can contact us in every time. Kindly regards. Wish you a good health.