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BoilsA boil is a skin infection that starts in a hair follicle or oil gland. A boil generally starts as a reddened, tender area. The lumps quickly fill with pus, growing larger and more painful until they rupture and drain. At first, the skin turns red in the area of the infection, and a tender lump develops. Although some boils disappear a few days after they occur, most take about two weeks to heal. Boils can occur anywhere on your skin, but appear mainly on your face, neck, armpits, buttocks or thighs hair-bearing areas where you're most likely to sweat or experience friction. Eventually, the center of the abscess softens and becomes filled with infection-fighting white blood cells that the body sends from the blood stream to eradicate the infection. Most boils can be treated by "incision and drainage", a minor surgical procedure to open the boil and to drain the pus. The bacteria are picked up somewhere and then live on the skin, crowding out the normal, harmless bacteria we all carry. In stubborn cases two oral antibiotics plus topical antibiotic ointments are usually required to eliminate the bacteria. Although anyone can develop boils and carbuncles, people who have diabetes, a suppressed immune system, or acne or other skin problems are at increased risk. Putting antibiotic ointment (Neosporin, Bacitracin, Iodine or Polysporin) on the boil will not cure it because the medicine does not penetrate into the infected skin. Boil or furuncle is a skin disease caused by the inflammation of hair follicles , thus resulting in the localized accumulation of pus and dead tissues. ver time, the area becomes firm and hard. blood cells that the body sends from the blood stream to eradicate the infection. This collection of white blood cells, bacteria, and proteins is known as pus. If there are multiple heads, the lesion is called a ‘carbuncle'. Large boils form abscesses, defined as an accumulation of pus within a cavity. Several boils joined together with tunnels under the skin are called a carbuncle. These germs already exist on the skin and in the nose of some people without causing any problems. Boils often occur in places where clothing catches on the skin, where the body rubs against itself, or where the skin is sweaty. Causes of BoilsThe common Causes of Boils :
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