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Suggest Treatment For A Painful Boil On The Leg

Greetings: I am a missionary substance abuse counselor to a rehabilitation center in Corozal, Belize, C.A. We just had a new admission who developed a large, painful boil on his leg below the knee. I believe it is related to his drug use. He admits to cocaine, alcohol, and cannabis. He is being treated by a local medical clinic with antibiotics and ibuprofen for the pain. Is this related to his withdrawal? Is this the way the drug is seeking to detox through his skin? Patricia Consoli
Wed, 25 May 2016
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The possibility is that he might have developed furinculosis which is a bacterial infection due to improper care of the injection site.He needs to continue the oral antibiotics and he can apply topical antibacterial creams like mupirocin.However it is not a clinical feature of drug withdrawal.Regards.
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Suggest Treatment For A Painful Boil On The Leg

The possibility is that he might have developed furinculosis which is a bacterial infection due to improper care of the injection site.He needs to continue the oral antibiotics and he can apply topical antibacterial creams like mupirocin.However it is not a clinical feature of drug withdrawal.Regards.