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Suggest Treatment For A Hard Painful Lump Near The Anus

I went to the doctors today because i have a hard painful lump under the skin next to my anus thats appeared over a few days. The doctor said it might be an abcess and prescribed me flucloxacillin. The lump is about an inch big and im wondering will go away with the antibiotics.
posted on Mon, 18 May 2015
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Thanks for posting your query on HCM.
I appreciate your concern for the painful lump near the anus.

The features are suggestive of a peri anal abscess.
Usually antibiotics like Flucloxacillin is not going to be effective if the abscess has already being formed.

It needs to be incised and drained by a surgeon under anesthesia, since the fact that most of the abscess occur because of a perianal fistula, so if found during the surgery every effort should be made to excise the fistula completely to prevent the recurrence of the abscess.

Hope this answers your query.
Wishing you a very good health/
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Suggest Treatment For A Hard Painful Lump Near The Anus

Hi Thanks for posting your query on HCM. I appreciate your concern for the painful lump near the anus. The features are suggestive of a peri anal abscess. Usually antibiotics like Flucloxacillin is not going to be effective if the abscess has already being formed. It needs to be incised and drained by a surgeon under anesthesia, since the fact that most of the abscess occur because of a perianal fistula, so if found during the surgery every effort should be made to excise the fistula completely to prevent the recurrence of the abscess. Hope this answers your query. Wishing you a very good health/