Help with a skin problem? I think it's a boil.?!


Question: My son has what I think is a boil on his back. It protrudes like a gigantic zit about a half inch from the skin and it's got about a three inch reddish ring around it and the closer toward the center you get, the more purple-ish it is. How do I treat it? You may think, as he did, that it's a spider bite, but I have dealt with those before and this doesn't look like that. I already lanced it once and pus came out until it looked like just blood was coming out but it doesn't seem to have gone down or changed much since I did that and I hate to keep doing it as it's very tender and hurts him pretty bad. Do you have any home remedies or anything that might help? I know this is gross, but I need help as I can't really afford a doctor right now.


Answers: My son has what I think is a boil on his back. It protrudes like a gigantic zit about a half inch from the skin and it's got about a three inch reddish ring around it and the closer toward the center you get, the more purple-ish it is. How do I treat it? You may think, as he did, that it's a spider bite, but I have dealt with those before and this doesn't look like that. I already lanced it once and pus came out until it looked like just blood was coming out but it doesn't seem to have gone down or changed much since I did that and I hate to keep doing it as it's very tender and hurts him pretty bad. Do you have any home remedies or anything that might help? I know this is gross, but I need help as I can't really afford a doctor right now.

I had one on the back of my upper thigh & here's what I did ... I made a paste of salt and warm water. I cleaned the area first, then applied the paste & covered it with a sterlie pad . The salt draws out pus, infection , I also cleaned it with peroxide and changed the bandage frequently. I didn't squeeze it & within a few days it had shrunk and broke on it's own.

It sounds like a boil or a large ingrown hair follicle Try not to squeeze it any more or any more attempts to lance it. You have to be care full it does not become infected You will have to take him to the doctors he might need some antibiotics





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