Hi, so I got this big bump about 2 inches above my penis and an inch high. I left it alone for two 3 days and it hurt only when I touched it. There were no signs of puss in it because the top was just red. So i cleaned off a needle and poked it. I didn't hurt and puss started pouring out, a lot of it. After all the puss came out, it started to bleed. I bandaged it up for the past two days, but today I tried to poke it again with the needle to see it more puss would come out and none did, but I didn’t feel the needle going into it. It felt like it was numb and had no feeling. Could this be because there is a hole there? Is this a boil? Maybe bugs bite? Also I noticed it when I was at my friends lake house. Can anyone help me on this 1?
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Sounds like a boil to me. When i was a little girl, i remember my great gram fixing boils. She was a great boil fixer, lol. This may sound weird, but it really works. Put about 3 tablespoons of milk in a sauce pan and scald it, don't burn it. Take a slice of white bread and tear a chunk off, about the size of a half dollar. Dip the chunk of bread into the scalded milk and apply it to your boil, secure the bread with a couple of bandaids or a piece of gauze and surgical tape. Do this twice a day, now and before bed. Apply a new one in the morning and again at nite. If it's a boil, which i think it is, will disappear in a couple days. The yeast in the bread joined up with the milk will draw the infection out and help it heal without a scar.
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bbfeet you HAVE to be British!!! My dad used the exact same poltice on a boil on my leg! The only thing I think could be a LITTLE painful is that it's near his penis!!!!!!!! XD So baseball a poltice like bbfeet is a great idea. Another is for you to take a VERY warm bath - not boiling hot just so you can tolerate it. Pour 3 cups of Epsom Salts into the tub and sit in it, just have the water above the area in question. So the salts are REALLY concentrated, the salts should draw out the puss. IF it doesn't while you are sitting there GENTLY press on both sides of the boil! Sit in there for awhile as the salts are also healing. When you get out, dab some hydrogen peroxide on it with a Qtip. You can then put some Polysporin on it and if you can get some SILVER bandaids they have a silver pad inside and this is the BEST thing to draw poison out of the body. Put that on and do this every day till it's gone. The Epsom Salts and Hydrogen Peroxide are REALLY cheap, the only thin that is a bit pricey is the Silver lined bandages - but just ask your parents for some money for that. Just explain you have a boil and you will be fine. Try not to lance it again OK hon? And don't mess with it too much either, you can just spread the puss and the needle is not the cleanest thing - even with wiping. LEt us know in 3 days how it's going OK? Good luck hon!
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well i popped it 3 days ago.. and i was just worried cuz when i tryed to get more pus out the second time trying to pop it just blood came out. So I tried putting the needle through it again and it had no feeling. But it does not hut anymore and there is no redness just in the middle where the hole is?? I think it is healing up fine, I hope. Would i be able to tell if it was infected? Thank you guys so much for the replies, i freak out about these things!
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Sounds like the worst is over. You would know it was infected because it would be painful and tender to the touch. It would also be red and inflammed. You sound like you have pulled thru just fine. Just keep it clean and a little antibiotic ointment would be a good idea until you are pretty much healed.
Bambi27, nope, not a Brit, i hail from up North, ya know, back in them thar woods, lol :-D My dear Great Granny was from Scotland and she would come up with all these wacky remedies, oddly enough they worked.
Bambi27, nope, not a Brit, i hail from up North, ya know, back in them thar woods, lol :-D My dear Great Granny was from Scotland and she would come up with all these wacky remedies, oddly enough they worked.
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Hey don't knock the Brits man!!! Those old wives tales - other than butter on a burn XD - TOTALLY work.
And baseball, it looks like its all over, just keep your eye on it not happening again. And try and keep the area clean and dry OK! NO MORE NEEDLES!!!!! XD 8-| That would be a hard one to explain to the old parents and the Emergency Docs now wouldn't it?!!! JK XD ;-)
And baseball, it looks like its all over, just keep your eye on it not happening again. And try and keep the area clean and dry OK! NO MORE NEEDLES!!!!! XD 8-| That would be a hard one to explain to the old parents and the Emergency Docs now wouldn't it?!!! JK XD ;-)
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So it has been 6 days since I popped it.. and I am not sure if it is getting better. It still doesnt hurt but when I press on it i can feel like a bump their. Do boils take a while to go away after they are popped? Also it is starting to itch a little.
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So it has been 6 days since I popped it.. and I dont't think it is getting better. It still looks the same as it did 3 days ago and when i press it i can feel like a bump their. Do boils take a while to go away after they are popped? Also it is starting to itch a little. Could be a sign of healing??
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Hey baseball, try the bread and milk, seriously. I wouldn't give you bad advice, honest.
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Hi Baseball: Boils are notorious for leaving scar tissue behind, remember when you put the needle in and it was like it went into nothing? Well that is a puss hole - for the lack of a better word - where there was SO much puss it left an indentation in your epidermis. The itching is DEFINITELY a sign of healing. So when you said you press it and there is a bump there is it hard or do you think you could get something else out of it if you did a poltice - such as the bread and milk or the Epsom Salts? IF you think that you could still get something out of it, you can do a couple of things - follow bb's and mine advice and use a politic - take your pick ( MINE!!!! ;-) ), you can use MY idea and sit in a bath of VERY warm water and 3 cups of Epsom Salts, have a needle that has been ran under VERY hot water or you can put it in a boiling pot or pour a kettle over it - DON'T HOLD IT!!! Then GENTLY insert that sterilized pin into the boil! IF only blood comes out - that means the puss is totally gone and you will be fine once the hole is filled with skin again. When you get out of the bath, dry the area off and then use a cotton wool ball soaked with hydrogen peroxide and swab the area till you see it fizzing!!! Then when that is dry put some polysporin on it and then a silver lined bandaid. Keep doing this till it's healed. The bigger the boil the longer the recovdery, as long as there is not puss in it you should be fine soon.
NOW give it 1 more week following our suggestions, IF it is not healed, go to the doctors for them to just make sure you don't have an infection! You might need to have them exise it or put you on antibiotics OK? Let us know how you are doing in 3 days OK? Good luck hon!
NOW give it 1 more week following our suggestions, IF it is not healed, go to the doctors for them to just make sure you don't have an infection! You might need to have them exise it or put you on antibiotics OK? Let us know how you are doing in 3 days OK? Good luck hon!
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Hello Bambi and BB
Your Posts really helped me. i dint follow any of those however i still have the bump. but it is DRY on the Outer side , and feels itchy sometimes so i gently rub the surface with a little cotton dipped in hot water. Does this mean that the boil is in the Healing stage....????
Your Posts really helped me. i dint follow any of those however i still have the bump. but it is DRY on the Outer side , and feels itchy sometimes so i gently rub the surface with a little cotton dipped in hot water. Does this mean that the boil is in the Healing stage....????
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