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How To Get Rid Of The Painful Pimple Under My Arm Pit?
Got a pimple 1cm diameter under my arm pit. Felt pain 2 days before, it has fully now popped out from the skin and i could see it properly. It is reddish in colour and its not paining as 2 days before it were but i could feel it big. How to get rid of it ? is it filled with puss ?
Wed, 7 May 2014
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I would keep a possibility of bacterial infection of the hair follicle along with surrounding cellulitis.
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week). That would take care of the infection.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
However, if it keeps growing OR does'nt respond adequately to antibiotics, than it may have to be incised to drain away the pus and infection
regards
I would keep a possibility of bacterial infection of the hair follicle along with surrounding cellulitis.
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week). That would take care of the infection.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
However, if it keeps growing OR does'nt respond adequately to antibiotics, than it may have to be incised to drain away the pus and infection
regards
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