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How Can Lump Be Treated?
Hi, I'm a guy who found a hard lump on lower part of my stomach. It appeared about a week ago and just increased in size ever since. Last night it was irritating me so i squeezed it and unexpectedly, lots of gooey pus came out and popped just wanted to have some idea as to what it may be?
Fri, 1 Aug 2014
Hi,
This is likely to have been a simple abscess resulting from a staph skin infection. Perhaps from an infected hair follicle. It is not serious and is likely to resolve now the pus is out. If you find that it does not improve over the next 24 hours, I suggest you go to the ED as you may need a course of antibiotics.
Regards,
Dr K A Pottinger
This is likely to have been a simple abscess resulting from a staph skin infection. Perhaps from an infected hair follicle. It is not serious and is likely to resolve now the pus is out. If you find that it does not improve over the next 24 hours, I suggest you go to the ED as you may need a course of antibiotics.
Regards,
Dr K A Pottinger
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