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What Causes Recurrent Heat Boils All Over Body?
Question: I am getting heat boils all over my body. I drink 3 to 4 liters of water per day. I drink tender coconut everyday post my walking/jogging to keep my body cool. still I get them all over my body.
How could I permanently avoid them. I have been having this problem from my teens regularly
How could I permanently avoid them. I have been having this problem from my teens regularly
Brief Answer:
Need blood tests
Detailed Answer:
Hello, welcome to health care magic.
I will suggest you to get blood sugar done as recurrent boils are common in diabetes. I will also need to know if you have any history of diabetes in the family. Please get back to me with your blood sugar report. Can u post a picture of boil so that i can advise you better, Regards Dr Manisha Jain
Need blood tests
Detailed Answer:
Hello, welcome to health care magic.
I will suggest you to get blood sugar done as recurrent boils are common in diabetes. I will also need to know if you have any history of diabetes in the family. Please get back to me with your blood sugar report. Can u post a picture of boil so that i can advise you better, Regards Dr Manisha Jain
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
yes my family doesn't have a history vof diabetes but I am just 24 years old. Will i have to get a blood test done surely for this?
Brief Answer:
precautions advised
Detailed Answer:
Yes dear it is a simple blood test so better to get it done so that we are relieved that we need to just treat the boils and there is no underlying problem.
If everything is normal then take care of the following points
- always keep your skin on dry side and thus avoid applying moisturizers and oil based products on body
- avoid scratching the lesions in case you do
- apply antibiotic cream thrice a day on the lesion on the day of beginning of the lesion.
- in case there are more than 5 lesions then you need to take oral antibiotic also.
In my opinion visit a dermatologist at least once on day you have multiple lesions and get a prescription of antibiotic which can also be used in future.
These boils will stop after a couple of years most probably because usually this condition persists till 23-25 years of age (till growth spurt) which is a little late in certain boys.
Take care.
precautions advised
Detailed Answer:
Yes dear it is a simple blood test so better to get it done so that we are relieved that we need to just treat the boils and there is no underlying problem.
If everything is normal then take care of the following points
- always keep your skin on dry side and thus avoid applying moisturizers and oil based products on body
- avoid scratching the lesions in case you do
- apply antibiotic cream thrice a day on the lesion on the day of beginning of the lesion.
- in case there are more than 5 lesions then you need to take oral antibiotic also.
In my opinion visit a dermatologist at least once on day you have multiple lesions and get a prescription of antibiotic which can also be used in future.
These boils will stop after a couple of years most probably because usually this condition persists till 23-25 years of age (till growth spurt) which is a little late in certain boys.
Take care.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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