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anybody know about boils caused by staph infection?
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 174674" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>Warning: This may be a little too much information, but I want to share my experience with Muttmeister.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I've had chronic boils under my breasts for at least 10 years. I also get them occasionally under my arms, on my upper inner thigh, and even on my backside (where the cheeks meet, LOL) but the ones on my chest are HORRENDOUS. I've had so many that I will be forever scarred there. It's to the point where when they appear in the same place over & over, they don't even hurt much anymore, only when they are in a new place on my skin. I'm VERY overweight, and they pop up wherever I have skin/skin contact.</p><p></p><p>They tell you not to pop them. Well, guess what. Sometimes they hurt SO bad you just have to. I've become an expert at using a sterilized pin and poking the "head" of the boil, and it does not hurt a bit. If you squeeze it like a zit, sometimes it hurts like heck. Usually the head is a sweat gland or hair follicle (here is the too much information part) and the pin glides in, breaking just the top layer of skin. It oozes pus and blood sometimes for 5 minutes.</p><p></p><p>In the past I have been prescribed PhisoHex (a RX strength version of the old PhisoDerm) but it never worked. I've used antibacterial soaps. I've used Gold Bond powder. I've used something called "draw out salve", which is a tube of dark brown goo that smells as bad as it looks. You apply it to the boil and it helps bring it "to a head". It did work on the stubborn ones that would not burst. </p><p></p><p>I just happened to mention it to my doctor last Thursday, and she told me she has never seen anything like it. It is SO bad. She prescribed me an antibiotic. I am on day 4 and it is not helping in the least. I have a new crop today of two matching ones; one on the outside of each boob. Lovely. It's like, a bra hurts to wear, but if I go without (as I do when I am home), the sweat makes it worse. I can't win.</p><p></p><p>I do hope you find something to at least ease the pain, because it is a killer. My doctor did also recommend NeoSporin or any antibacterial balm.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 174674, member: 3647"] Warning: This may be a little too much information, but I want to share my experience with Muttmeister. I've had chronic boils under my breasts for at least 10 years. I also get them occasionally under my arms, on my upper inner thigh, and even on my backside (where the cheeks meet, LOL) but the ones on my chest are HORRENDOUS. I've had so many that I will be forever scarred there. It's to the point where when they appear in the same place over & over, they don't even hurt much anymore, only when they are in a new place on my skin. I'm VERY overweight, and they pop up wherever I have skin/skin contact. They tell you not to pop them. Well, guess what. Sometimes they hurt SO bad you just have to. I've become an expert at using a sterilized pin and poking the "head" of the boil, and it does not hurt a bit. If you squeeze it like a zit, sometimes it hurts like heck. Usually the head is a sweat gland or hair follicle (here is the too much information part) and the pin glides in, breaking just the top layer of skin. It oozes pus and blood sometimes for 5 minutes. In the past I have been prescribed PhisoHex (a RX strength version of the old PhisoDerm) but it never worked. I've used antibacterial soaps. I've used Gold Bond powder. I've used something called "draw out salve", which is a tube of dark brown goo that smells as bad as it looks. You apply it to the boil and it helps bring it "to a head". It did work on the stubborn ones that would not burst. I just happened to mention it to my doctor last Thursday, and she told me she has never seen anything like it. It is SO bad. She prescribed me an antibiotic. I am on day 4 and it is not helping in the least. I have a new crop today of two matching ones; one on the outside of each boob. Lovely. It's like, a bra hurts to wear, but if I go without (as I do when I am home), the sweat makes it worse. I can't win. I do hope you find something to at least ease the pain, because it is a killer. My doctor did also recommend NeoSporin or any antibacterial balm. [/QUOTE]
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