Problems with abscesses, freaked out!? (kinda gross)?!
Question: Problems with abscesses, freaked out!? (kinda gross)?
This is a tad long but I REALLY need some advice.
It all started Christmastime of 2009. I had a pretty big abscess on my left underarm. I let it go for a few days and eventually it was so painful I couldn't put my arm down. I went to the hospital and they drained it and gave me antibiotics.
I didn't have another one until the end of the summer that just passed. I started getting 2-3 at a time and they would eventually turn into one huge one. I let the first 2-3 outbreaks go and they burst on their own. The third time it was so bad I went to the hospital and got it drained. The ER doctor said he was pretty sure it was MRSA so he wasn't going to test the sample. He drained it, gave me Bactrim and sent me on my way. Since then it's happened another 2 times. I took care of them and waited to pop them.
Now I have another outbreak. I don't know what to do anymore. Why won't they go away? I've had outbreaks every 2-3 weeks for 6 months now.
Also the main concern here is about 2-3 months ago (maybe even longer) I developed what looked like a pimple on the side of my right breast. I waited a week and popped it, ever since then it will NOT go away. It's gotten bigger and I feel like the pus never stops building up in it. I either pop it or it drains itself almost every day. There so much scar tissue under it now. Now as of the last week or so, I notice that when stuff comes out of it it smells HORRIBLE and it lingers, its not just on the tissue I use to wipe it. I've also been kinda shakey and today I am SO dizzy. I'm terrified of getting a blood infection, an infection of one of my organs, or gangrene. I can't get a doctors appointment for another week and I don't know if I should go to the hospital.
Please guys, any advice you have will be greatly appreciated. I don't know what to do anymore and I'm really scared it's going to spread somewhere else.
It all started Christmastime of 2009. I had a pretty big abscess on my left underarm. I let it go for a few days and eventually it was so painful I couldn't put my arm down. I went to the hospital and they drained it and gave me antibiotics.
I didn't have another one until the end of the summer that just passed. I started getting 2-3 at a time and they would eventually turn into one huge one. I let the first 2-3 outbreaks go and they burst on their own. The third time it was so bad I went to the hospital and got it drained. The ER doctor said he was pretty sure it was MRSA so he wasn't going to test the sample. He drained it, gave me Bactrim and sent me on my way. Since then it's happened another 2 times. I took care of them and waited to pop them.
Now I have another outbreak. I don't know what to do anymore. Why won't they go away? I've had outbreaks every 2-3 weeks for 6 months now.
Also the main concern here is about 2-3 months ago (maybe even longer) I developed what looked like a pimple on the side of my right breast. I waited a week and popped it, ever since then it will NOT go away. It's gotten bigger and I feel like the pus never stops building up in it. I either pop it or it drains itself almost every day. There so much scar tissue under it now. Now as of the last week or so, I notice that when stuff comes out of it it smells HORRIBLE and it lingers, its not just on the tissue I use to wipe it. I've also been kinda shakey and today I am SO dizzy. I'm terrified of getting a blood infection, an infection of one of my organs, or gangrene. I can't get a doctors appointment for another week and I don't know if I should go to the hospital.
Please guys, any advice you have will be greatly appreciated. I don't know what to do anymore and I'm really scared it's going to spread somewhere else.
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go to ER. now please.