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What Is The Remedy For A Painful Bump?
hello, my son has a bump that looked like a pimple and he tryed to pop it and as the pump was still there it is really red around the bump looks almost like a boil but it aint hard and aint no pus coming out but he can not walk on it its really painful i went and bought him a heating pad..
Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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I would keep a possibility of furuncle/bacterial infection of the hair follicle. Trying to pop it may have pushed it deeper
If I was your treating doctor I would have put him on oral antibiotic (penicillin group e.g Amoxycillin in combination with clavulanic acid) for a week
He could apply a topical antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin is available OTC.
An OTC pain killer once or twice daily would help deal symptomatically with the pain.
regards
I would keep a possibility of furuncle/bacterial infection of the hair follicle. Trying to pop it may have pushed it deeper
If I was your treating doctor I would have put him on oral antibiotic (penicillin group e.g Amoxycillin in combination with clavulanic acid) for a week
He could apply a topical antibacterial e.g 2% mupirocin is available OTC.
An OTC pain killer once or twice daily would help deal symptomatically with the pain.
regards
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