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What Do Skin Boils On Body Indicate?

I ve never had boils before. A few weeks ago, I had 3 appear ( one under each arm and one on my stomach.) I went to the doctor and she lanced the one on my stomach (which was painful). She gave me an antibiotic and said the others would go away. They did... but then, a week later, I had five reappear under my left arm and I have a huge swollen golf ball size lump under my chin on the left that refuses to soften no matter what I do. My skin is slowly breaking out and I now have sores all over my back, chin area, face, shoulders, and stomach. My lower lip has blistered up. Ive been drinking nothing but water and steadily cleaning each spot with 3% hydrogen peroxide and adding antibiotic creme to each sore. I don t know what to do because I don t have insurance and my medical bills for this problem are over 5000$ already. I csnt afford this and I m miserable. I feel like I m dying. Im 39, not very active, and im an unemployed militwry veteran. Do you have any suggestions?
Fri, 15 May 2015
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Well come to HCM
I really appreciate your concern, looking to the history given here, such symptoms could be due to pyoderma, it can be treated with anti-biotic and best option would be Erythromycin 500 mg three times in day, take care for hygiene, drink more water, no need to worry about this, take care.
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What Do Skin Boils On Body Indicate?

HI Well come to HCM I really appreciate your concern, looking to the history given here, such symptoms could be due to pyoderma, it can be treated with anti-biotic and best option would be Erythromycin 500 mg three times in day, take care for hygiene, drink more water, no need to worry about this, take care.