What is Boil?
What is Boil?
- Boil: Infected puseous hair follicle on the skin.
- Boil: An infection of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue that consists of a cluster of boils. Commonly, the causative agent is STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. Carbuncles produce fever, leukocytosis, extreme pain, and prostration.
Source - Diseases Database
- Boil: a painful sore with a hard pus-filled core.
Source - WordNet 2.1
Boil: Introduction
Types of Boil:
Broader types of Boil:
How serious is Boil?
Complications of Boil:
see complications of Boil
What causes Boil?
Causes of Boil: see causes of Boil
What are the symptoms of Boil?
Symptoms of Boil:
see symptoms of Boil
Complications of Boil:
see complications of Boil
Incubation period for Boil: Boils can appear as quickly as 24 hours.
Boil: Testing
Diagnostic testing: see tests for Boil.
Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Boil.
How is it treated?
Treatments for Boil:
see treatments for Boil
Society issues for Boil
Hospitalization statistics for Boil:
The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Boil:
- 0.19% (24,525) of hospital consultant episodes were for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 90% of hospital consultant episodes for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 54% of hospital consultant episodes for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 46% of hospital consultant episodes for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 90% of hospital consultant episodes for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 3.9 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
- 2 days was the median length of stay in hospitals for cutaneous abscess furuncle and carbuncle in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Boil:
Organs and body systems related to Boil include:
Name and Aliases of Boil
Main name of condition: Boil
Class of Condition for Boil: bacterial
Other names or spellings for Boil:
furuncle
Carbuncle, Furuncle, Furunculosis, Pustular rash, Pustule, Cutaneous abscess
Source - Diseases Database
Furuncle, Boil
Source - WordNet 2.1
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