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Persistent Zests With Bumpy Texture On Shoulder Down The Arms, No Improvement With Various Medicines. Suggestion?
i have some sort of absyss or zests that are really presistant and not going away, i tried all sorts of medicines, through doctors, antibiotics , oral and ointment, fungal treatment most of them say it is the hair follicles that the inflamed, all of them are on my right shoulder and down my arm , about 10, they used to be about 20 and have come down with some of the medicines, its been over a year now, the spots are a bit hardish and some have a bumpy texture
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Wed, 10 Oct 2012
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Hi abcess will be cured by antibiotic and if not cured go for incision and drainage.20lesions at the same place is very rare.go for the biopsy and come out with a proper diagnosis and treat accordingly
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