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Child With Knot On The Buttocks. Soreness With Drainage. Need To Open Up?

My Grandaughter had two little spots between her butt cheeks that became a big knot ,took her to Dr. It was draining at that point . They put her on antibiotics and sent her home ,told to come back in two days. Went back was still draining a little ,sent her home . Two days later no drainage and bigger knots , very sore .we are a couple of hours from Dr. .....Should we try to squeeze to open up ?
Tue, 28 May 2013
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Dear user,

Please, please don't do that ... this is a very bad area of the body to be experimenting. If the pus drains out ... it may be okay, but occasionally, it ruptures into the rectum, and this may lead to very very unpleasant consequences. So, please just rush to the doctor, and ask him to clear out the infection by creating a bigger hole and draining off the whole of the infected material. This will include the pus, the dirty blood, and the unhealthy tissue underneath, which may need to be scraped off.

Dr. Taher
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Child With Knot On The Buttocks. Soreness With Drainage. Need To Open Up?

Dear user, Please, please don t do that ... this is a very bad area of the body to be experimenting. If the pus drains out ... it may be okay, but occasionally, it ruptures into the rectum, and this may lead to very very unpleasant consequences. So, please just rush to the doctor, and ask him to clear out the infection by creating a bigger hole and draining off the whole of the infected material. This will include the pus, the dirty blood, and the unhealthy tissue underneath, which may need to be scraped off. Dr. Taher