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What Causes Skin Boils

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Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia MD

HELLO DOCTOR,GOOD MORNING, I have been suffering with skin boils for the last 5 months especially on my right leg. i am also a lichen planus patient aged 41 years. the skin boils are reocuuring... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Sanjay Kumar Kanodia ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Kakkar S. MD

Hello doctor. I have been facing this problem of getting boils in underarms for last ten years. I have consulted several dermatologist and no remedy so far. Once in a while the boils grow in size and ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Kakkar S. ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Rahul Kumar MD

Hi doctor I am 55 years old , I have been getting boils many times in past 2 years, off late in 6 ... diagnosed as cellulitis on leg , doc has put me on augmentin and few more med ,, what could be the reason... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rahul Kumar ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Raju A.T MD

My daughter is found to be with very high serum IgE levels. She is having very frequent skin boils and acne on the face. Is it serious and what is the treatment available. ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Raju A.T ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Ivo Ditah MD

thigh appeared He has now returned to XXXXXXX and has developed 2 more boils under his arm which we ... fever too please can you let me know what we should do next if anything Since his return from Brazil I ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ivo Ditah ( Internal Medicine Specialist)

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Dr.  Pragnesh Vachharajani MD

from these skin boils from last 1 and a half yrs now, they mostly occur on my buttocks , hips, lower back region my query is,does smoking causes skin boils or furunculosis or... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Pragnesh Vachharajani ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Harshit Bhachech MD

good morning sir.. my hand was burn by hot oil (sarso oil) . and marks is available at my upar skin of hand... pleas give me suggestions what shuld I do for remove it.. nd what should I used..? my ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Harshit Bhachech ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Ilyas Patel MD

[I Have had a large boil on my back for two or three years It s been hard all this time but recently softened up and ive managed to squeeze some puss out of it this evening However, i dont want to squeeze it any harder now... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Ilyas Patel ( Dermatologist)
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari MD

Hello, I am 28 yrs, male. I have no history of any paticular illness. Of late a few boils (baal-tod) are cropping up on my skin. The latest one is on my middle finger s base on my left hand. It has ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mukesh Tiwari ( Orthopaedic Surgeon)
Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi MD

I ve never had boils before. A few weeks ago, I had 3 appear ( one under each arm and one on my ... soften no matter what I do. My skin is slowly breaking out and I now have sores all over my back, chin ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Akhtarhusian Ghausi ( General & Family Physician)