I have had recurrent boils on various parts of body over the past one year. They are painful, and heal in about 3 to 4 weeks. Usually everything turns up fine after it heals, except for a scar! :-(. I had a glucose tolerance test done to rule out diabetes related boils... They are not frequent. May have had any no. In my childhood but now past 40, I did not expect this. :-)

but the last one I got on the outside of my right leg about 6" below the knee has left has given me a new problem. I think I have lost a little sensation in my two (outer) little toes (of the right leg). It feels is if there is something stuck there. The leg too feels a little less 'mine' from about where the boil was. This feeling/numbness is on the outer side of the leg. I have also developed a nigling pain somewhere inside the leg, which is most pronounced if I stand or walk a little. If I am sitting or lying down this pain is practically not there.

To complicate matters, I also have lower back pain with pain in the sciatic nerve. This predates the last boil.. I am on medication for that now (essentially a diclofenac variant/combination). But this muscle relaxant doesn't relieve the other pain that started since the boil... My feeling is that the two are not related.

I have asked this question elsewhere, but only now got to this feature at your site, so am sorry for the repeat post. Any help would be welcome...