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What Causes Itchy And Painful Boils Near Pubic Area Despite Taking Augmentin-625?

Hi, Last week I had a boil near my pubic area it was painful and grew big so i took Agumentin 625 for couple of days, it subsided but later i found that few more boils had come up so I kept taking the medicine Agumentin 625, off late due to heat the area was wet and at night had itching, the itching is very severe . kindly advise, even though i am cleaning the are thrice a day now itching hasnt subsided and i find one more boil has come up
Wed, 13 Apr 2016
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HI,
Thanks for asking. I understand your concern.
The boils on pubic area seem to be hair root infection.. which spreaded with itching. You used Agumentin .. thich killed the bacteria.. & the particular lesion was healed. But unfortunately you took incomplete dose of the antibiotic. This failed to irradiate infection & the remaining bacteria attacked another hair root over the time.
The lesson to be learnt is antibiotics are to be taken in sufficient quantity daily & for sufficient days to remove bacteria & cause complete healing. So self medication is hazardous. It does not remove complete infection & intermittent intake of antibiotics makes it in effective to kill bacteria.. w2hich form resistance to the antibiotic.
* Now about itching of pubic. cause can be-
- Heat, sweating, dampness followed by fungal infection/ allergy to sweat which causes itching.
- The heat & dampness is the condition that facilitates dwelling of pubic lice.. biting & itching by these is more at night & leads to itching.
* Management-
- keep the pubis clean.. remove hairs which cause more sweat & all following problems. .
- Frequent washing with soap/ hot water makes the skin more prone to itching./ use loose fitting hogiary undergarments .
- Use suitable creams to irradiate lice .. if any.
- Use anti fungal dusting powder for itching.
- Get advise of a doctor about full course of antibiotics.. Antibiotic along with management of itching would break in the cycle of reinfection
thanks.


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What Causes Itchy And Painful Boils Near Pubic Area Despite Taking Augmentin-625?

HI, Thanks for asking. I understand your concern. The boils on pubic area seem to be hair root infection.. which spreaded with itching. You used Agumentin .. thich killed the bacteria.. & the particular lesion was healed. But unfortunately you took incomplete dose of the antibiotic. This failed to irradiate infection & the remaining bacteria attacked another hair root over the time. The lesson to be learnt is antibiotics are to be taken in sufficient quantity daily & for sufficient days to remove bacteria & cause complete healing. So self medication is hazardous. It does not remove complete infection & intermittent intake of antibiotics makes it in effective to kill bacteria.. w2hich form resistance to the antibiotic. * Now about itching of pubic. cause can be- - Heat, sweating, dampness followed by fungal infection/ allergy to sweat which causes itching. - The heat & dampness is the condition that facilitates dwelling of pubic lice.. biting & itching by these is more at night & leads to itching. * Management- - keep the pubis clean.. remove hairs which cause more sweat & all following problems. . - Frequent washing with soap/ hot water makes the skin more prone to itching./ use loose fitting hogiary undergarments . - Use suitable creams to irradiate lice .. if any. - Use anti fungal dusting powder for itching. - Get advise of a doctor about full course of antibiotics.. Antibiotic along with management of itching would break in the cycle of reinfection thanks.