the other day i noticed what i thought was
a pimple right at the top of my butt
crack.....naturally i attempted th pop it
to avoid discomfort...however when i
popped it the liquid inside of the pimple
ruptured and didnt break the skin.....
i didnt think anything of it till the next
day when it was really painful to
sit....it felt like there was a golf ball
under my skin filled with liquid that i
was able to squeeze and it would slightly
move....for 4 days i dealt with the pain
hoping it would go away on its own....i
did alot of searches on the internet it
read that it was a Pilonidal Cyst and if
it became infected it had to be drained
through incision by surgery....
the only time i go see a doctor is when i
break a bone and am slighty afraid of
going to doctors...so i went into my
bathroom and put a mirror on the floor and
squatted over it......i took a sewing
needle and punctured the lump till it bled
but nothing came out....
the next day i sat down harder than i
planned to and the cyst sprung a
leak....so back into the bathroom i went
squatting over the mirror and i proceeded
to squeeze the lump......the pus was
shooting out in a fine stream....the odor
of the pus was terrible....i squeezed till
only blood was coming out....
feels much better...anyone ever experience
this or any doctors have any imput?...
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antigone
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Posted: 03-03-08 00:41am
You really should go to the doctor and get
this taken care of. Chances are that it
will come back. This is a common ailment
for people that drive for a living. The
cyst can be recurrent and become infected.
Let the doctor drain it and give you
antibiotics.
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rmb21301
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Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 18 Location: ,
Posted: 03-03-08 11:33am
according to some info ive read, the cyst
is recurrent even if i go to the
doctor....it said a doctor can pretty much
only drain it and remove ingrown hair if
he sees any but thats about it.....
i can do that myself....fortunately i also
read that after age 40 the cyst cant
really come back....so i only got another
10 years to go....
if it comes back like in a short amount of
time then i will definately go seek
medical treatment but until that day
comes, im my own doctor...
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antigone
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Posted: 03-06-08 09:48am
I am a nurse so I can appreciate self
treating, as I guilty of the same thing.
Be sure you use the antimicrobial, no
rinse, hand wash to sterilize any
instrument you use. If you can stand the
burn you can cleanse the area with the no
rinse hand wash as well. If you have pain,
redness, swelling, and the area feels
warm/hot to the touch (as compared with
the surrounding area) you need to see your
doc. These are all signs of infection.
That is not something you should ignore.
All the best.
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rmb21301
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Joined: 02 Mar 2008 Posts: 18 Location: ,
Posted: 03-07-08 15:19pm
thanks for the tip.....the pain was
unbearable when it was swolen.....i
couldnt even sit or walk without being in
pain....after draining the infected cyst
im good as new.....
the pain from the swelling was alot more
than the pain from the needle i used to
stab it with....
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Romulet
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Joined: 11 May 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 05-11-08 12:17pm
Hey guys and gals, im new here
Same boat, never had it, a small pain at
the bottem of my spine not alot just a
smalllllll amount of pain, then the next
day it gotter a little worst, then on the
3rd day i couldn't sit so i had my girl
look at it, (god bless her) so she did it
and it was red and everything, so she said
maybe it's a pimple or a boil or even an
ingrown hair, so she put on a hot hot wash
rag, a clean one. So she kept doing that 3
to 4 times a day and nothing happend. So i
went to my friends house and was watching
the flyers game and it felt like i was
sweating down there. It was kind of
strange because i don't sweat sitting down
lol. so i get up went to the bathroom and
took a tp and wiped it and it was brown
with a very foul oder, i was like oo
crap.
So after watching the flyers lose i went home and had
my girl look at it and sure enough there
was a hole, so i told her to squeeze it
and she did again (god bless her) and all
this liquid came out and it smelled really
bad, so this is the 4th day i had it, i
looked on the internet and found this, so
i was searching some more and i have found
10 people who had order a thing called
furuncle-med, they said with in 2 days the
swollen went down and in a week they could
do the normal things that they can do.
So i just order myself some and i will let
you know how it is.
The thing i wanted to know do i need to
see the doc to have them drain it or could
i just drain it myself? since ive been
draining it, and people are saying use a
hot compress so the boil can come to the
top? now when i looked on the internet
there was a cyst and a track leading to
the spot where it is leaking from. Am i to
put the compress on where the leak is
coming from or where the liquid is filled
at? That is where this is getting a little
confusing. Thanks and i feel your pain
guys and gals i really do, and i'm only 30
years of age. Thank you.
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i went home and had
my girl look at it and sure enough there
was a hole, so i told her to squeeze it
and she did again (god bless her) and all
this liquid came out and it smelled really
bad, so this is the 4th day i had it, i
looked on the internet and found this, so
i was searching some more and i have found
10 people who had order a thing called
furuncle-med, they said with in 2 days the
swollen went down and in a week they could
do the normal things that they can do.
