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What Causes Bump On Butt?
i recently started playing girls water polo at school and yesterday whale i was showering and cleaning my body i found a bump on my butt and when i touched it, it hurt. and today at school when i would sit it would hurt i have no idea what this is or what it can be i have never had anything like this before
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hello!
Thank you for the query.
If this lump is in the butt cheek area, infected pilonidal cyst is the most probable reason. If the lump is somewhere else on the butt, skin infection and small abscess it is. In both cases you need to have it incised and drained. Otherwise it will get more painful.
In case of pilonidal cyst you need to have it removed when the acute inflammation will be gone. Please consult general surgeon with this issue.
Hope this will help.
Regards.
Thank you for the query.
If this lump is in the butt cheek area, infected pilonidal cyst is the most probable reason. If the lump is somewhere else on the butt, skin infection and small abscess it is. In both cases you need to have it incised and drained. Otherwise it will get more painful.
In case of pilonidal cyst you need to have it removed when the acute inflammation will be gone. Please consult general surgeon with this issue.
Hope this will help.
Regards.
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