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Have Recurring Pimple That Swells Up And Is Painful On Arms. Was Lanced Earlier. Reason?

Hi, About two months ago, I had a very small pimple like dot on the back of my arm by my elbow. This was painful, and eventually grew to be a red painful bump on my arm. my arm eventually became swollen , and extremely painful. I went to the emergency room. The Dr. , numbed it, lanced it squeezed pus out of it, and sent me home with an antibiotic. Last week, I began to feel the same thing under my arm, it was painful and grew. A smaller ones is beginning to form next to it, and I am also experiencing the beginning stages of more on my arms.
Thu, 20 Jun 2013
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Hello,
Thanks for the query.
You might be suffering from recurrent folliculitis.

Treatment with oral antibiotics will be required.
A culture and sensitivity of pus to know exactly which organism is causing it will be beneficial.

Let me know if you have any other doubt.
you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818

Wishing you a good health.
Thank you
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Have Recurring Pimple That Swells Up And Is Painful On Arms. Was Lanced Earlier. Reason?

Hello, Thanks for the query. You might be suffering from recurrent folliculitis. Treatment with oral antibiotics will be required. A culture and sensitivity of pus to know exactly which organism is causing it will be beneficial. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you a good health. Thank you