Suggest Treatment For Boil And Swelling On Skin In An Infant

Posted on Tue, 1 Jul 2014

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Question : My child is having a boil, in which there is a little swelling and skin is red in the affected part. She is in pain, what shall I do? Which medicine shall I take?
My child is 10 months old

Answered by Dr. Kaushik K Murthy (-3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Abscess.

Detailed Answer:
Hi thanks for writing to us.

By the description you have given, your daughter may have an abscess of the skin, just a minor skin infection with accumulation of pus.

It ll be better if a pediatrician examines and prescribes the drug.

Currently to relieve the pain you can give her paracetamol drops around 16 drops each time every 8 hours once.

Get a doctor to examine as soon as possible.

Thank you, regards.

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