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What Does A Painful Boil Under Right Breast Suggest?
I have a boil under my right breast, never had a boil there before and I been placing warn compress on it since it showed up 3 days ago, it don t seen to be getting smaller to me and it hurts, I take Tylenol for pain and it s not to the point where it will burst but it hurts. I feel like I may need to go see my doctor, what can I do?
Tue, 26 May 2015
Hi,
Welcome to health care magic,
Boils occurs commonly due to bacterial infection (mostly staphylococcus aureus) in a person with Poor nutrition or Poor hygiene or might be problems with the immune system or diabetes or obesity etc.
In your case,it could be infective boil underside of breast.
Tab.Phexin 500mg (1st generation Cephalosporin) is a broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic and it is very well effective to cure boil.
You can also be given other broad spectrum antibiotics like 2nd and 3rd cephalosporin or fluroquinolones (levofloxacin or ofloxacin) as per your doctor's advice.
Apart from medical treatment, if boil is larger than 2 to 3 inch then it must be treated with incision and drainage with warm compression and strict cleanliness of the wound.
Small boils could be treated with proper gram-positive antibiotic coverage for 3 to 5 days small course. Longer course of antibiotics must be avoided as it will lose the effectiveness of the drug or might develop resistance to the bacteria.
It would be advisable that you consult general surgeon for complete medical history and proper diagnosis of the underlying cause of boil.
Regards,
Welcome to health care magic,
Boils occurs commonly due to bacterial infection (mostly staphylococcus aureus) in a person with Poor nutrition or Poor hygiene or might be problems with the immune system or diabetes or obesity etc.
In your case,it could be infective boil underside of breast.
Tab.Phexin 500mg (1st generation Cephalosporin) is a broad-spectrum beta-lactam antibiotic and it is very well effective to cure boil.
You can also be given other broad spectrum antibiotics like 2nd and 3rd cephalosporin or fluroquinolones (levofloxacin or ofloxacin) as per your doctor's advice.
Apart from medical treatment, if boil is larger than 2 to 3 inch then it must be treated with incision and drainage with warm compression and strict cleanliness of the wound.
Small boils could be treated with proper gram-positive antibiotic coverage for 3 to 5 days small course. Longer course of antibiotics must be avoided as it will lose the effectiveness of the drug or might develop resistance to the bacteria.
It would be advisable that you consult general surgeon for complete medical history and proper diagnosis of the underlying cause of boil.
Regards,
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It you have a skin infection for 3 days which is painful and not getting better , I suggest you to to see your Doctor or a surgeon . You may need an oral antibiotic and possibly drainage .
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