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What Treatment To Be Taken For The Boils On Face?

I am 41 female no history of diabetes . I am suddenly geting boils that are getting very infected and have to be drained. They are appearing on my face and thigh and back. Very painful and on my face the whole face gets swollen. Is there anything I should get tested for
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
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Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic.

Recurrent furunculosis could be due to staph aureus colonization of the skin flora.

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 pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.

A pus culture sensitivity would help in identifying the causative bacterium and also guide specific antibiotic therapy
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What Treatment To Be Taken For The Boils On Face?

Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic. Recurrent furunculosis could be due to staph aureus colonization of the skin flora. 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 pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain. A pus culture sensitivity would help in identifying the causative bacterium and also guide specific antibiotic therapy