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Suggest Cure For Genital Boil

I have a genital boil that will not heal. I finished a round of antibiotics a week ago and have been soaking in hot water 3x a day and putting bactriban on it after for about three weeks now. I can t really put a bandaid on it because of where it s located. It s not really big anymore, it s almost flat but the very small hole that the pus is coming out won t close. I don t feel very confident about going back to the doctor but I don t think treating it on my own is working either. This has been a 2 month ordeal total and I can t take it anymore.
Fri, 28 Nov 2014
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You need to have this re-evaluated, perhaps by a different doctor. A boil should have cleared up by 2 months, so something else is going on, or more definitive treatment needs to be done. Sometimes this requires opening the boil and really cleaning it out. It sounds like the infection is still in there since pus is still coming out, and in fact if the hole did close up the pus would just accumulate and cause another boil. My guess is you need a minor surgical procedure at this point to be sure all the infection is cleared out. This can be done in the emergency room or urgent care. Hope this helps.
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Suggest Cure For Genital Boil

You need to have this re-evaluated, perhaps by a different doctor. A boil should have cleared up by 2 months, so something else is going on, or more definitive treatment needs to be done. Sometimes this requires opening the boil and really cleaning it out. It sounds like the infection is still in there since pus is still coming out, and in fact if the hole did close up the pus would just accumulate and cause another boil. My guess is you need a minor surgical procedure at this point to be sure all the infection is cleared out. This can be done in the emergency room or urgent care. Hope this helps.