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What Is The Swollen,painful Sore On My Butt?
There is a swollen painful sore on my right butt cheek, I had the exact same thing like last year, I thought it was a spider bite, and I thought it went away and just left a scar, but recently it has started to swell up again. I am a little concerned. Whats your advice?
Fri, 16 May 2014
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I would keep a possibility of Bacterial infection of hair follicle i.e furuncle with surrounding cellulitis
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week).
That would take care of the infection.
An OTC antibacterial cream/ointment e.g 2% mupirocin can be applied twice daily.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
I would keep a possibility of Bacterial infection of hair follicle i.e furuncle with surrounding cellulitis
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week).
That would take care of the infection.
An OTC antibacterial cream/ointment e.g 2% mupirocin can be applied twice daily.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
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