Hard Painful Cyst-like Lump Posted: 07-03-05 07:39am
Hi everyone, I don't know where to ask
this but I guess I should try in the skin
disorder forum.
I'm out of ideas what this might be, but I
would like to ask before I go to the
doctor's. Just above my behind (i don't
know how to call it really so i'll be a
bit vulgar and say where my ass-crack is
and it goes towards my right upper butt
cheak) I have a hard lump formed under
skin. It's about an inch and a half in
size and in the middle has like a brownish
cap that when squeezed oozes bloodish foul
smelling liquid. I noticed it 3 days ago
and is very painful that I have to
position myself when I sit to make the
pain go away. I'm a bit concerned with
what it might be.
Do you have any ideas what it might be or
if there's reason for real concern?
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Tennys10
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Answer to Your Qusetion.. Posted: 07-10-05 10:39am
Hello,
unfortunatly... You have what is comonly
called a "carbunckle". They are basiclly
a cyst caused by bacteria. I have
suffered for years and I have a home
remidy that works quite well.
Clean the area well with alcohal and put
any kind of clay mask( that you would use
on your face) entirly over the lump, let
it dry and cover with a large bandaid.
Repeat every day untill it is dried up,
usually about 3-4 days. It really works.
I would try this before seeing a md.
I have had them lanced at the doctors
office and allthough it helped.. It was
very painful.
If you start to get them in other spots...
You may choose to ask for antibiotics,
but they only help temporarily.
Sincerely& sympothetic
tenny
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janeysuz
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Joined: 26 Jun 2005 Posts: 79 Location: neworleans
Good Idea Posted: 07-10-05 10:52am
I'll remember that for some of my
pts...It's common--i think I would suggest
peroxide instead of alcohol since the
latter doesn't really kill anything (more
surfactant) whereas peroxide kills
everything...Use peroxide a lot, it's very
effective for any bacteria it can actually
touch...
The clay sucks out the insterstitial
juices, probably works better than
calamine...I wonder if your remedy would
work good on shingles and poison ivy,
other weeping rashes?
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wier84
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answer - I know its a few years later but info for others Posted: 08-21-08 16:54pm
I had a lump similar to where your talking
about pretty much on my ass crack. it came
and went for years. finally it got bigger
and bigger to the point where i couldn't
sit or lay on my back. Went to the
hospital and the doc lanced it ( very very
painful) and then I was scheduled for
surgery to have it removed. its called a
pilonidial cyst. Its basically an infected
in grow hair.
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kamesan
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Posted: 08-28-08 15:46pm
sounds like a cyst to me, could be cause
by ingrown hair or just bad luck that the
pore got clogged up and infected. from my
research many ppl have them for different
reasons, i wouldn't recommend popping it
on ur own. the cyst is already infected
and that's why ur feeling it and the
reason why it smelled horrible when it
popped. so don't really want to pop it
and then not have it clean and get
reinfected. i say go to ur doc and have
them remove it, depending where it's at or
how big it is, u could possibly go into a
doc's office have it remove it and be out
of there in less than an hour. They'll
numb the area and have it pop or cut out,
u might even be able to look at it once
it's out. After that they'll just stitch
it up and tell u to take some pain
killers, pretty much how they treat any
stitches at that point.
Or u can put a heating pad on the area of
the cyst about twice a day, the point is
to hopefully bring the temperature up to
melt the waxy substance inside. read that
it can be done but i'm not sure how
effective it is and depends on the type of
cyst u have.
