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Suggest Remedies For Bacterial Skin Infection

Posted on Wed, 12 Oct 2016

Question: Facing some skin problem since last 6 months.

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Details required

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the query and photograph.
It's looking like furuncle a bacterial infection.
I treat such cases with a combination of oral and topical antibiotics.
A combination of oral doxycycline 100 mg daily once and ointment mupirocine to be applied twice daily for two weeks works well.
I would like to know few additional details.
1. Do you have diabetes or any other chronic disease ?
2. Are these lesions painful?
3. Since when you have these lesions ?
4. Are these lesions pus filled ?
Please answer the above so I can help you better.
Waiting for your response.
Thank you.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Yogesh D

Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (6 hours later)

Thank you for your advise XXXXXXX
To answer your question-

1. Do you have diabetes or any other chronic disease ? No
2. Are these lesions painful? Yes
3. Since when you have these lesions ?-6 months
4. Are these lesions pus filled ?Yes but at the starting

After you go through my above response please let me know if you want to add some more medicines. Also do i need to produce a prescription to avail these medicines.

Regards,
XXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (8 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Go ahead with treatment

Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the follow up.

It appears to be Furuncle.
Continue with the medication advised by me.
Please meet a doctor and get these prescribed.

Let me know if you have any other doubts.
Thank you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee