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What Could Be The Feeling Sores, Hard Yellow Stuff From The Bump, Had A Weave In Hair?
Hello I had put a weave in my hair but after awhile I started to feel sores but when I toke it out I realize it was hard yellow and when I removed the hard stuff it was a bumps but now it won't stop leaking puss what is it and how can I clear it up please
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Wed, 8 Jan 2014
Hello,
From your description, the possibilities could be either a fungal infection or a bacterial infection. Fungal infection is more likely as you lack pain and it seems to be a chronic lesion. You need to get a scraping done to look for fungal filaments and send the pus for culture test. If fungal filaments are seen, you need to take a course of antifungals like griseofulvin for about 3-6 weeks till the lesion clears.
Hope this helps you.
Take care.
From your description, the possibilities could be either a fungal infection or a bacterial infection. Fungal infection is more likely as you lack pain and it seems to be a chronic lesion. You need to get a scraping done to look for fungal filaments and send the pus for culture test. If fungal filaments are seen, you need to take a course of antifungals like griseofulvin for about 3-6 weeks till the lesion clears.
Hope this helps you.
Take care.
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