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Suggest Treatment For Painful Boil Below Stomach
Posted on
Sat, 25 Oct 2014
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Sat, 25 Oct 2014
Answered on
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
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Question : Hi Doctor,
From past 4 days i have a boil or something below my stomach that is painful when it is touched. I have attached the images of the same. It has now turning black in colour, which iam very worried about.Does this require biopsy or anything?
From past 4 days i have a boil or something below my stomach that is painful when it is touched. I have attached the images of the same. It has now turning black in colour, which iam very worried about.Does this require biopsy or anything?
Brief Answer:
Dressing and medicines- Surgery SOS
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query and clear pictures.
This is a boil, the skin has become black due to the local necrosis so a dead skin. This may slough out if you put a sterile dressing over it after cleaning the area with Liquid Povidone Iodine. By tomorrow this may open up once you remove the dressing.
Consult a Surgeon, so that proper course of an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory medicines will help to resolve the infection and cellulitis around it. Continue dressings.
If this does not open up within a few days, your Surgeon may clean the would surgically for an early and complete haling. This will not need any biopsy. Surgery SOS means only if required.
I hope you are not a diabetic, please get the blood sugar checked.
I hope this answer help you to get a cure; you may please rate this answer.
Dressing and medicines- Surgery SOS
Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query and clear pictures.
This is a boil, the skin has become black due to the local necrosis so a dead skin. This may slough out if you put a sterile dressing over it after cleaning the area with Liquid Povidone Iodine. By tomorrow this may open up once you remove the dressing.
Consult a Surgeon, so that proper course of an antibiotic and an anti-inflammatory medicines will help to resolve the infection and cellulitis around it. Continue dressings.
If this does not open up within a few days, your Surgeon may clean the would surgically for an early and complete haling. This will not need any biopsy. Surgery SOS means only if required.
I hope you are not a diabetic, please get the blood sugar checked.
I hope this answer help you to get a cure; you may please rate this answer.
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
Hi Doctor,
The boil seems to have bursted. Please find the attached reports.Is there anything else needed to be done? Also, I have also checked Sugar as advised via Accusure Glucose meter, below are the readings:
1) After 12 hours Fasting - 84 mg/dL
2) After 1.5 hours after Having breakfast - 100 mg/dL
Is this the normal range ?
The boil seems to have bursted. Please find the attached reports.Is there anything else needed to be done? Also, I have also checked Sugar as advised via Accusure Glucose meter, below are the readings:
1) After 12 hours Fasting - 84 mg/dL
2) After 1.5 hours after Having breakfast - 100 mg/dL
Is this the normal range ?
Brief Answer:
Normal sugar levels
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback and your blood sugar is within the normal range.
The opened up abscess should heal nicely and fast.
Dressings as advised.
Normal sugar levels
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for your feedback and your blood sugar is within the normal range.
The opened up abscess should heal nicely and fast.
Dressings as advised.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Raju A.T
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