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Suggest Remedy For Wound In Forehead Oozing Pus Occasionally

I had a wound on my right side of forehead for the last three months. My GP prescribed Betnovate and Fucidin creams but it worked for a week or so. Now, I have noticed pus weeping time to time,specially in night time. Please help me. I do not think these creams help to heal the wound.
Thanks in advance.

S.Ganagu

Tue, 20 Jan 2015
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Hi,

It might be an infected sebaceous cyst on forehead,which is giving pus discharge off and on for 03 months.
The discharge is usually - somewhat viscous, serosanguineous fluid (containing purulent material).With surgery, a cyst can usually be excised in its entirety.
Alternatively subject pus for culture sensitivity and take an appropriate antibiotic for 5-7 days as per sensitivity report.
Also a chronic discharging pus may be a cold abscess (tuberculous),though forehead is not a common site.Smear of discharge may show acid-fast bacillus (AFB) on Z-N stain in that case.






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Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D.
Mumbai
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Suggest Remedy For Wound In Forehead Oozing Pus Occasionally

Hi, It might be an infected sebaceous cyst on forehead,which is giving pus discharge off and on for 03 months. The discharge is usually - somewhat viscous, serosanguineous fluid (containing purulent material).With surgery, a cyst can usually be excised in its entirety. Alternatively subject pus for culture sensitivity and take an appropriate antibiotic for 5-7 days as per sensitivity report. Also a chronic discharging pus may be a cold abscess (tuberculous),though forehead is not a common site.Smear of discharge may show acid-fast bacillus (AFB) on Z-N stain in that case. Regards Dr. T.K. Biswas M.D. Mumbai