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Suggest Treatment For Boils All Over The Body
hi.i keep getting boils all over my body.i have taken all sorts of antibiotics to clear it but once im off them it reoccurs.Recently i have taken an antibiotic for the past 3 weeks of 2000mg per day but today i have come up with yet another boil.why is this happening and what can i do to get a cure to this problem?
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Wed, 17 Sep 2014
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Recurrent development of folliculitis over body needs to be further evaluated so as to look for the exact cause
A blood glucose assessment is necessary to rule out diabetes .
Do not apply any other cream or oil over the affected area.
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
You might need a course of oral antibiotics if the lesion still tends to persist.
Dr Geetika Paul
Recurrent development of folliculitis over body needs to be further evaluated so as to look for the exact cause
A blood glucose assessment is necessary to rule out diabetes .
Do not apply any other cream or oil over the affected area.
Wash the affected area with lukewarm saline water twice daily.
Apply a topical antibiotic cream like neosporin or mupirocin over the lesion twice daily.
You might need a course of oral antibiotics if the lesion still tends to persist.
Dr Geetika Paul
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