Cyst in armpit and swollen lymph nodes

I have been getting cysts under my arms for a long while now. I usually take an antibiotic. I've also had one lanced open at the doctor's office. I keep getting them and the one doctor told me to take a bath with 1/2 cup bleach in my bath water to kill the bacteria on my body. Only problem with this is I'm fair skinned and broke out because of the bleach. I'm at my witts end to figure out why I keep getting these!!

I got one under my arm the size of a peanut. I pierced it with a diabetic needle and squeezed it. Only a small amount of blood and liquid came out. One week later it was red and swollen. It was painful and sore. I saw white pus starting to come out and I squeezed it. First pus came out, then small amount of blood and a lot of clear liquid. I did this every few hours for a few days. Two weeks later it healed. Only a small pin drop size remains. I still squeeze it with only a tiny amount of pus coming out. No surgery, doctor or insurance. No scar either. I don't recommend for everyone, but it worked for me.

hello dont go to the gp because you have had one drained go straight to the hospital they will see you straight away and get you in faster a gp will tell you to wait go to the hospital i have a history of these

I am also a butcher and work out too. My doctor didn't say that I got cysts in my armpit because of that but he did diagnose me with hydrenitus supperitva.

Honestly i HATE pain but you gotta think of long term. If you dont have it drained it will get worse with pain and could spread! im in the process

right now with getting my "dressing change" So what they do is have your arm up, have someone hold ur arm down because the needle (freezing)

REALLY hurts its only for about 30 seconds i say.. just cry scream squeeze someones hand. Thats what i do atleast. After the freezing they will cut

apart of it open to let it drain which you wont feel them cut you thats why they have to freeze that section. The dr will then try squeezing the area

to push more out as much as he/she can. Then all he does is puts string in it to keep the wound closed so you dont get an infection and make sure

you take your anitbiotics. You will then have to have it changed everyday or every other day depending which hurts a bit but i found a good nurse

who is VERY gentle with me. you will feel pinching a bit and pressure.It will start to heal and close slowly. Once your cut it almost closed they wont

package it anymore. Mine is half way closed so may need one more package and im done. DO NOT SHAVE THAT AREA FOR A COUPLE WEEKS

UNLESS YOU WANT TO GO THROUGH IT AGAIN! This is my second time though last time was only a boil which they drained and that was it but i

think because they didnt package it, made this cyst happen. HOPE THAT HELPS! ALSO ONE MORE THING, I BROKE OUT IN A RASH DUE TO THE 

TAPE NOT SURE WHICH TAPE BECAUSE THEY HAVE USED EVERY TAPE ON ME SO TELL THEM NOT TO USE SO MUCH TAPE BECAUSE YOUR GUNNA

END UP CHANGING THE GAUZE THAT GOES OVER YOUR WOUND AND RIPPING THE TAPE ON AND OFF AND NOT BEING ABLE TO CLEAN THAT AREA

TO MUCH WILL CREATE A RASH AND IRRIATATE THE SKIN. IM STILL WAITIN TO FIND OUT IF THIS IS CAUSED BY MY SWEAT GLANDS OR 

INGROWN HAIR. GOOD LUCK!!

Thanks everyone, for sharing your stories. They were encouraging and helped me to settle down my anxieties. While I'm not sure yet what this lump is under my armpit, I have high hopes of knowing that I could possibly have the same issue with a cyst. For the past several days I've been worried that it may be the "C" word because this was something I'd never experienced before. I have a doctor's appt soon, and will gt to he bottom of this. It hurts so bad!!!

I was bitten by fle several times in my arm pit. I went to the hospital to ask them remove it but they give me a prescription. They they need to put me to sleep to have it taken out. What to you think?

Hello everybody. I have several cysts. I only had surgery for 2 of them. My doctor seemed really picky of which to remove. The doctor wouldn't remove the one in the armpit because the doctor was afraid that it wouldn't heal properly due to the armpit sweating, also wouldn't remove the one on my neck because it was too small. I also have ones in my shoulder/arm. The ones that were taken out was this bad one on my back which went to the size of a marble, it was so deep in my skin that I had to have it drained before taken out. There was one on my pelvis which I was able to pop but every several months kept coming back, so I had an excision done on the 2 cysts. The one on the back hurts a little bit but I'm feeling no pain on the pelvis, I'm getting stitches removed tomorrow.

Hello, you describe exactly what I have. Pls what have you done about it now?

Hi i was reading your story an I have the exact problem i wanted to get that website link you mentioned but it wont show if its no problem could u email me that website please?? Thanks for your time and I hope everythingis goin well with you :)

THANKS AGAIN

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I'VE HAD A CYST ON MY NECK AND I GOT IT REMOVED BY A PRIVATE DR B/C WHEN I FIRST GOT IT I WENT TO THE E.R AN THEY REALLY DIDNT DO MUCH BUT DRAINED IT AN PACKAGED IT BUT IT WAS STILL A HUGE BUMP SO WHEN I WENT TO MY DR SHE DID SURGERY ON MY AN REMOVED THE ENTIRE CYST FROM DEEP INSIDE MY SKIN AN IT HASNT RETURNED IN THAT SPOT BUT NOW I HAVE BOTH MY UNDER ARMS WITH 3-4 CYSTS ON EM AN THEY ARE SOOOOO VERY PAINFUL AN I DNT HAVE INSURANCE. ANYMORE OR MONEY TO GO BACK TO MY DR WHO DID THE LAST OPERATION IS THERE ANYTHING ELSE I CAN DO TO GET RID OF THEM AND CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHY I KEEP GETTIN THESE THINGS :( PLEASE HELP ME

I am experiencing the same thing that has happened to you .I mean exactly the same...And moreover because I am obese with BMI of 35 ....I've a strong feeling that this obesity might be the problem or maybe because of excessive internal heat of the body which causes instability...I am not sure ...

Believe me it is not from being obese. What the docs aren't tell you is that these systs are really abseses which comes from your body fighting an infection. That's the reason they give you the antibotics, You should ask the doctor to draw a CBC with a diff and check your white blood count. Then you should also have them check for staph and MRSA.

Hi, a few years ago I wrote on this complaining of recurrent, swollen cysts under my arms. 

I wanted to say I heve been diagnosed with hydraadenitis supportiva

I asked to be referred to the dermatologist and have been told that my problem has been poorly managed for years, 11years! The treatment for this condition is to have antibiotics non stop for about a year. 

I did 6 months and noticed a massive improvement. 

I wish everyone the best with getting to the bottom of what is going on. 

:)