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How Can An Infected Pore Which Is Pus Filled Be Treated?

My 10year olf son had a widened pore with while creamy tallow and picked on it. He has been going to the pool daily in camp and the sore is infected now. It is a bump filled with blood and other liquids. The area around the pore is red and a little less than an inch in diameter.
Wed, 12 Jul 2017
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Hi.
As per your case history your son is probably having sebaceous cyst with secondary infection.
My treatment advice is -
1. Don't squeeze the lesion as it may worsen the condition.
2. Apply a mild antibiotic cream like fusiderm cream twice daily on it.
3. Take a NSAID like ibuprofen for pain and swelling. Take oral levofloxacin 250mg twice daily for 5 days.
4. Once infection is cleared, then you can go for surgical removal of cyst.

Thanks.
Dr. Harshit bhachech.
MBBS, DDVL.
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How Can An Infected Pore Which Is Pus Filled Be Treated?

Hi. As per your case history your son is probably having sebaceous cyst with secondary infection. My treatment advice is - 1. Don t squeeze the lesion as it may worsen the condition. 2. Apply a mild antibiotic cream like fusiderm cream twice daily on it. 3. Take a NSAID like ibuprofen for pain and swelling. Take oral levofloxacin 250mg twice daily for 5 days. 4. Once infection is cleared, then you can go for surgical removal of cyst. Thanks. Dr. Harshit bhachech. MBBS, DDVL.