How To Get Rid Of Painful Boils On Back And Chest Area?

Posted on Wed, 16 Jan 2013

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Wed, 16 Jan 2013 Answered on

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Question : Painful Boils on the back and chest area

Answered by Dr. Kruti (8 minutes later)

Hello

Thanks for posting your query.

I will be glad to be of assistance.

From your description, it sounds like it could be furunculosis, which is a bacterial infection.

I would recommend that you take a short course of oral antibiotics like erythromycin and apply mupirocin cream over it twice a day for a week.

You will need a prescription from your doctor for the same.

This should help in resolving the boils.

Hope my recommendations are helpful to you.

Please let me know if I can address any additional concerns for you.

Regards.

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