instruction: i have had boils appear from time to time the come to a head break and drain this time I have one on my side above my beltline it started outlining lime an ingrown hair with a white head my wife tried to pull the hair with tweezers the zit popped and we never got the hair put some peroxide on it and a bandaid in case it drained more next morning it was like there was more under the skin so did warm compresses it has been ozing out but appears to be coming from multiple pores now it seems to get bigger as more start to drain what else should I do
output: hi welcome to icliniq thanks for the query recurrent boils can be a nuisance it is a bacterial infection of the hair follicle and can cause painful pus filled eruptions on the body if you are having frequent recurrence it could be because of persistent infection or reinfection are you diabetic or atomic if so you may be more prone to develop recurrent bacterial infections you mention seeing pus coming from many openings which indicates it could be a carbuncle this may need incision drainage ideally a pus culture should be done to know the sensitivity of the organism and antibiotics started accordingly to completely treat the infection usually penicillins cephalosporins or tetracycline are used orally application of mupirocin in the skin fold areas helps to eradicate the colonising bacteria in these locations some precautions to prevent recurrent boils include hope this helps