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What Causes Reddish White Discharge From Site Of Belly Button Ring?
Hello! I got my belly button peirced over two months ago and I have no problems with it. Today, I noticed when I stretched it seemed like my belly button ring was hitting something that hurt. I didn t think much of it at the time. When I got home, my cat stepped on it and it hurt extremely bad. I lifted my shirt up to look at it and saw a lot of white pus around the bottom of the ring. I then went to the bathroom to clean it off and noticed a bump. I pushed on the bump and a mixture of reddish-whitish pus oozed out. I was wondering if you could tell me whether it s an infection or an abcess.
Boils and Abscesses are both formed when bacteria invade tissue and are being contained by white blood cells. Boils are less severe, whereas abscesses can occur within skin tissue and have the potential of rupturing, then spreading the infection further into the body. Catching boils, abscesses and infections early is the easiest way of dealing with them effectively. So I would like to suggest you to see a doctor as soon as possible and get it drained. Abscesses are often the result of a new piercing that could not drain fluid properly (where the entry and exit points have been left crusted by blood or, more commonly, puss) and can appear as reddish-pink bumps in between the ends of the piercing. The piercing itself may feel hot, sore, swollen and appear redder in colour. More severe abscesses may also cause nausea and fever.More typically, a prescribed course of antibiotics can deal with the infection. But sometimes lancing the abscess with a needle will allow the fluid to drain, and give the body less infectious material to deal with. Always keep your piercing clean and dry, and especially while it is experiencing complications.
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What Causes Reddish White Discharge From Site Of Belly Button Ring?
Boils and Abscesses are both formed when bacteria invade tissue and are being contained by white blood cells. Boils are less severe, whereas abscesses can occur within skin tissue and have the potential of rupturing, then spreading the infection further into the body. Catching boils, abscesses and infections early is the easiest way of dealing with them effectively. So I would like to suggest you to see a doctor as soon as possible and get it drained. Abscesses are often the result of a new piercing that could not drain fluid properly (where the entry and exit points have been left crusted by blood or, more commonly, puss) and can appear as reddish-pink bumps in between the ends of the piercing. The piercing itself may feel hot, sore, swollen and appear redder in colour. More severe abscesses may also cause nausea and fever.More typically, a prescribed course of antibiotics can deal with the infection. But sometimes lancing the abscess with a needle will allow the fluid to drain, and give the body less infectious material to deal with. Always keep your piercing clean and dry, and especially while it is experiencing complications.