How to get rid of boils?!
Question:
How to get rid of boils?
Answers:
Treatment
General measures:
Consult your doctor about your general health.
If you are overweight, try to reduce your weight; take regular exercise.
Follow a balanced healthy diet with meat, plenty of fruit and vegetables.
Wash your whole body once a day with soap and water. Wash your hands several times daily.
Don't share your flannel or towel with other family members.
Maintain a clean handkerchief and don't pick your nose!
Change your underclothes and night attire regularly.
Avoid leisure activities which cause sweating and friction from clothing, such as squash and jogging.
If you are iron deficient, a course of iron tablets may help reduce infection.
1000mg of vitamin C each day has also been advocated.
Skin Cleansing Regime - ask your doctor for specific advice.
Some suggestions:
Antiseptic cleanser in your daily bath or shower for a week then twice weekly for several weeks. The cleanser may cause a little dryness.
Antiseptic or antibiotic ointment or gel to apply to the inside of the nostrils.
Wipe the entire skin surface daily for a week with 70% isopropyl alcohol in water (this will make the skin dry).
Apply a topical antiseptic such as povidone iodine or chlorhexidine cream to the boils and cover with a square of gauze.
Your doctor may prescribe an oral antibiotic (usually the penicillin antibiotic flucloxacillin), sometimes for several weeks.
Other members of the family with boils should also follow a skin cleansing regime. Your doctor may also advise the family to apply topical antibiotic to their nostrils in case they are Staph. aureus carriers as well.
If the boils fail to clear up, a swab should be taken for microbiological culture, in case of methicillin (meticillin) resistant staphylococci.
Sometimes, special antibiotics may be prescribed on the recommendation of a specialist, including fucidin, clindamycin, rifampicin and cephalosporins.