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What Causes Lump And Swelling In Leg?

5 days ago a tiny lump appeared on my leg. I assumed it was just a prainful little pimple so I popped it and went about my day. The next day I woke up to a red, raised, and irritated lump about as big as my palm. The following day, I woke up to the same thing except the redness was about the size of my hand and I could barely walk. I went to the doctor on the third day and he couldn't figure out what it was. He wasn't even able to drain it because the center was so hard. I went home and took my antibiotic, rested it, put heat on it, and elevated it and it felt great. Now I'm on my third day with the antibiotic and the swelling under the skin is spreading and there's now a bruise in the middle of the swelling. It also popped open and had very little puss come out.
Mon, 6 Oct 2014
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Hi ! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef answering your query.

From your history it seems that you have got a boil with surrounding cellulitis over the area. If I were your doctor, I would advise you first for a blood sugar estimation to rule out any chances of Diabetes mellitus and treat it if positive to control the infection. If the swelling is increasing inspite of the antibiotic, and little amount of pus has shown itself up, there could be a deep seated abscess which would need drainage. Therefore, I would refer you to the ER of the nearest hospital or to a general surgeon, who would do the needful possibly under some kind of anaesthesia. This would relieve your problem and the antibiotic would be able to act better on it after drainage. Till then, you would have to continue your antibiotics with some anti inflammatory drug with a proton pump inhibitor for a symptomatic relief.

I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts.

Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef
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What Causes Lump And Swelling In Leg?

Hi ! Good morning. I am Dr Shareef answering your query. From your history it seems that you have got a boil with surrounding cellulitis over the area. If I were your doctor, I would advise you first for a blood sugar estimation to rule out any chances of Diabetes mellitus and treat it if positive to control the infection. If the swelling is increasing inspite of the antibiotic, and little amount of pus has shown itself up, there could be a deep seated abscess which would need drainage. Therefore, I would refer you to the ER of the nearest hospital or to a general surgeon, who would do the needful possibly under some kind of anaesthesia. This would relieve your problem and the antibiotic would be able to act better on it after drainage. Till then, you would have to continue your antibiotics with some anti inflammatory drug with a proton pump inhibitor for a symptomatic relief. I hope this information would help you in discussing with your family physician/treating doctor in further management of your problem. Please do not hesitate to ask in case of any further doubts. Thanks for choosing health care magic to clear doubts on your health problems. I wish you an early recovery. Dr Shareef