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Suggest Remedy For Boils
hi
i have just clear a boil from my cheek and remove yellow pus and blood with warm water.
can i use sofradex cream over the open whole created on my cheek as a result of this cleaning.
please suggest if any other cream that i can use over the boil
i have just clear a boil from my cheek and remove yellow pus and blood with warm water.
can i use sofradex cream over the open whole created on my cheek as a result of this cleaning.
please suggest if any other cream that i can use over the boil
Mon, 28 Apr 2014
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Does seem to suggest an infection.
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.
You could use an OTC antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin ointment twice daily, rather than using sofradex which contains a topical steroid. A steroid usually facilitates an infection.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
Does seem to suggest an infection.
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.
You could use an OTC antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin ointment twice daily, rather than using sofradex which contains a topical steroid. A steroid usually facilitates an infection.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
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