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What Is The Cure For Painful Boils With Puss?
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From past one year i am having boils on my head, yellow colour with little pus and they pain a lot. Similar boils also appear on my nose and region surrouding mouth. The Boils dries up and become danruff. I use to have little boils earlier but after my marriage it started increasing. Also i can see the concentration of boils is more on my back neck above the collar.
From past one year i am having boils on my head, yellow colour with little pus and they pain a lot. Similar boils also appear on my nose and region surrouding mouth. The Boils dries up and become danruff. I use to have little boils earlier but after my marriage it started increasing. Also i can see the concentration of boils is more on my back neck above the collar.
Wed, 30 Apr 2014
Hello and welcome to healthcaremagic.
You seem to suffer from seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp with scalp 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.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
For seborrheic dermatitis I would suggest that you use an antidandruff lotion e.g 2% ketoconazole shampoo, thrice weekly for a few weeks and then once or twice weekly for maintenance.
regards
You seem to suffer from seborrheic dermatitis of the scalp with scalp 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.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
For seborrheic dermatitis I would suggest that you use an antidandruff lotion e.g 2% ketoconazole shampoo, thrice weekly for a few weeks and then once or twice weekly for maintenance.
regards
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