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Boil: Introduction
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
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Boil: Complications
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- Recurrent boils
- Carbuncle
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Medical Textbooks Online about Boil
- "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
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Misdiagnosis and Boil
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Causes of Boil
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Staphylococcus cuteus
- Diabetes
- Immunosuppression
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Treatments for Boil
- Watchful waiting - boils will often self-resolve.
- Surgical lancing and drainage
- Antibiotics
- Good skin hygiene
- Avoid picking at the boil
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Boil: Broader Related Topics
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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)
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- Pustular rash (Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition))
- Pustules, Generalized (A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis)
- Folliculitis, furunculosis, and carbunculosis (Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition))
- Pustular rash (Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition))
- Vesicles/Bullae/Pustules (Field Guide to Bedside Diagnosis)
- Folliculitis, furuncles, and carbuncles (Handbook of Diseases)
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- Pustular rash (Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms)
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