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What Is The Cause And Treatment For Boils?

hello dr. i have a two months baby suffering from boil like skin disease especially in her back. they raise, break with pus and leave black spot scars. she has been gien ampiclox syrup by doctors. they go though few come back. wht is the cause and treatment. thanks.
Mon, 17 Aug 2015
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology ,  's  Response
Hi.... a 2 month old baby getting recurrent boils means she is getting it out of bacterial infection. This is called recurrent pyoderma - this is not normal at this age. Rather than just treating the boils with antibiotic every time we should evaluate and investigate the kid for immunodeficiency.

I suggest that you consult your pediatrician regarding this with this tip and proceed further with evaluation for immunodeficiency.

Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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Pediatrician, Pulmonology ,  Dr. Sumanth Amperayani's  Response
Hi... by what you quote I feel that your kid is having recurrent impetigo or pyoderma. This is a type of skin infection due to bacteria. This requires oral and topical antibiotic therapy. If I were your pediatrician I would suggest using amoxicillin clavulanate or clindamycin orally along with topical ointment of Mupirocin. With this it should get better, but as you say it is coming recurrently I would also like to investigate the kid for immunodeficiency.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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What Is The Cause And Treatment For Boils?

Hi.... a 2 month old baby getting recurrent boils means she is getting it out of bacterial infection. This is called recurrent pyoderma - this is not normal at this age. Rather than just treating the boils with antibiotic every time we should evaluate and investigate the kid for immunodeficiency. I suggest that you consult your pediatrician regarding this with this tip and proceed further with evaluation for immunodeficiency. Regards - Dr. Sumanth