Boil

Introduction: Boil

Boil: Infected puseous hair follicle on the skin. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Boil is available below.

Symptoms of Boil

• Infected hair follicle
• Boil on skin
• Painful red skin swelling
• Painful red skin lump
• Local lymph node swelling

See full list of 8 symptoms of Boil

Medical Textbooks Online about Boil

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Boil?

• Misdiagnosis of Boil
• Underlying causes of Boil (possibly wrongly diagnosed)

Misdiagnosis and Boil

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Causes of Boil

• Staphylococcus aureus
• Staphylococcus cuteus
• Diabetes
• Immunosuppression

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More information about causes of Boil:

• Medications, drugs, or substances causing Boil (2 listings)
• Underlying causes of Boil
• Boil as a complication caused by other conditions
• Boil as a symptom

Treatments for Boil

• Watchful waiting - boils will often self-resolve.
• Surgical lancing and drainage
• Antibiotics
• Good skin hygiene
• Avoid picking at the boil

See full list of 8 treatments for Boil

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Definitions of 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)

A painful sore with a hard pus-filled core - (Source - WordNet 2.1)