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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Suggest Medication For An Infection In The Butt Crack

My boyfriend is a roofer, his buttcrack will sweat. He had this reddened area down his whole crack, looked almost like diaper rash, applied a diaper rash cream, zinc oxide. A couple of days later a small pinpoint open area was seen, looked like just from irritation, continued to apply diaper rash cream. Then a few nights after that he was in excruciating pain, he kept saying it felt hard when he touched the area. I looked today & his crack was covered with drainage. After cleaning I inspected it. The skin is raw, peeling, very red. That small open area is now bigger, slightly smaller than a dime though, about half dollar size around the small area is extremely hard, just pushing on it causes blood & pus to drain. Now there s a new area on the other buttocks, equally hard & red & half dollar size as well, smaller open area but draining too. I wouldn t exactly call it an abscess because there s no sack, just extremely firm skin around these tiny sores, but if you push on them pus does come out. No health insurance , please help.
Tue, 16 Dec 2014
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Hi,
It seems that due to excessive sweating with poor approaching part for cleaning and constant friction might be giving local irritation and soreness leading to bacterial infection and forming abscess.
Clean the area with antiseptic lotion and apply antibiotic cream.
Go for one antibiotic medicine course for 3-5 days.
Keep local hygiene clean, dry and airy.
Ok and take care.
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Suggest Medication For An Infection In The Butt Crack

Hi, It seems that due to excessive sweating with poor approaching part for cleaning and constant friction might be giving local irritation and soreness leading to bacterial infection and forming abscess. Clean the area with antiseptic lotion and apply antibiotic cream. Go for one antibiotic medicine course for 3-5 days. Keep local hygiene clean, dry and airy. Ok and take care.