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Boils Over The My Sons Leg

My son get lot of boils on his leg, he scratches a lot. The boils are yellow in color. They some times discharge pus from the wound. I applied some cream, but still it is not come down-
posted on Thu, 29 Oct 2009
Twitter Thu, 26 Nov 2009 Answered on
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befor i used top think that this boils are because of heat ..but recently i came to know that it is because of infection..take some antibiotic...it may help u
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He will need antibiotics. Start off with oral antibiotics and see the response.
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Boils are due to some infections, you should allow hime to scratch the boils it will spread to other places. Put some antibiotic creams .
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kiyoshi's  Response
Avoid him playing outside the house in the mud and soil, this will cause boils. Put full pant while going out side to prevent infections
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Boils Over The My Sons Leg

befor i used top think that this boils are because of heat ..but recently i came to know that it is because of infection..take some antibiotic...it may help u