Boil : Sign And Symptom, Cause, Treatment, And Drug

A Boil (Furuncle) is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle.The infection of Bacterium Staphylococcus aureus causes boil.It results in a painful swollen area on the skin caused by an accumulation of pus and dead tissue.A boil begins as a hard, tender, red nodule surrounding a hair follicle.It can enlarge and become fluctuant over several days as an abscess forms.A carbuncle is a cluster of boils that form a connected area of infection under the skin.Boils can occur in the face, armpits, chest, neck, buttocks, stomach, arms, legs areas where there are sweat, friction, occlusion, and perspiration.Carbuncles can occur on the back of the neck, shoulders, and thighs.They can cause a deeper and more severe infection than boils.Styes are boils that appear around the eye.A Gumboil or Intraoral dental sinus is a boil on the gum.Boils and carbuncles can leave scars.

Signs and Symptoms of Boil

• Bumpy
• Red
• Pus-filled lumps around a hair follicle that are tender
• Warm
• Very painful
• An increase in the size of the bump over a few days as it fills with pus
• Development of a yellow-white tip that eventually ruptures and allows the pus to drain out

Signs and symptoms for severe infection

• Fever
• swollen lymph nodes
• Fatigue

Causes of Boil

• Infection by bacterium Staphylococcus aureus
• Family history of boil
• Obesity
• Poor hygiene or industrial exposure to chemicals or oils.
• Poor immune system, such as HIV, diabetes, malnutrition
• Contact sports

Treatment of Boil

1. Applying warm compresses to relieve pain and promote natural drainage for treating small boils.Regular application of a warm moist compress can treat before and after a boil opening to heal speedly.

2. For treating large boils 

• Incision and drainage is to drain a large boil or carbuncle by making a small incision in the tip.Drainage and Sterile Gauze are to help in soaking up and removing additional pus for deep infections.
• Antibiotics are to help in healing severe or recurrent infections.It should not be used for longer than one month.

3. Oral Flucloxacillin is the drug against Staphylococcus aureus.It is for blind treatment.If penicillin is contra-indicated, it can be used with Erythromycin or clarithromycin.It is recommended for seven days.

4. Plastic surgery is to remove boil in the chronic boils patient.The boils are more than two years.

Drugs for Boil

• Amoxicillin
• Ampicillin
• Cefaclor
• Nitrofurazone
• Sodium Fusidate
• Povidone Iodine

Some drugs for presence of boils on the skin

• Bactroban topical
• Mupirocin topical
• Centany topical
• Gentamicin topical
• Centany AT topical

Sodium fusidate has many trade names,such as

• Fucinex
• Noboyle
• Fuson
• Fuzi
• Clopinate-F
• Dicfu-C
• Fusicare
• Stafoban
• Fucithalmic
• Fusiclo
• Fusital
• Fusikab cream
• Fudil

Home Remedies to treat boils

• Banana is mashed with the white part of its peel.Apply it on the boil and secure with a bandage before sleeping.Wash it in the morning.It can be done until the boil is gone.
• Castrol Oil is to drain out the pus of boils.Pour some castrol oil on a cotton ball and keep it over the boil then secure it with a tape.Wait for more than two hours.It can be done repeatedly daily or until drying.
• Tea Tree Oil is an antiseptic to relieve boil.Apply a drop of tea tree oil to the boils.It can be done twice a day.
• Turmeric powder is to cure boils.Mix a teaspoon of turmeric powder with a teaspoon of warm water.Then apply it on the boil and secure it with a bandage before going to sleep.Remove it in the morning.It can be done for three nights until the boil dried.