Hydradenitis, or in common people “a bitch udder”, arises as a result of weakening the immunity of the human body, and is a painful boil, localized most often in the armpits. In fact, the udder is a purulent inflammation of the sweat glands caused by pathogenic bacteria streptococci and staphylococci, and can appear wherever there are sweat glands - armpits, inguinal folds, scrotum. Sometimes the bitch udder, the treatment of which is usually done at home, has to be opened surgically. The causes of this extremely painful and unpleasant disease can be increased sweating, hypothermia, bacteria entering through micropores from a razor (bitch udder under the arm). Treatment usually lasts at least 10-15 days, if improvement does not occur, then you should consult a doctor.
Course of the disease.
Most often, the udder under the armpit, the treatment of which requires considerable effort and patience, occurs in people of both sexes from the age of 30 to 40, but mainly in women. In violation of the outflow of the secretion of sweat glands, they become clogged and inflamed. The external manifestation of the disease is small, extremely painful nodules under the skin with a diameter of up to 3 cm. During the disease, the boils increase in size, change color to purplish-cyanotic, and the pain intensifies so much that it becomes painful to raise a hand. The pain is throbbing, accompanied by itching and fever.
There are three stages of the course of hydradenitis - the onset of the inflammatory process (infiltrative stage), suppuration of the boil and a ripened abscess. At the first symptoms of such a problem as “bitch udder under the arm”, treatment should be started without delay! The armpit area is treated with a disinfectant and compresses are applied containing anti-inflammatory drugs - dimexides. In the second stage of the disease, you should resort to antiseptic, wound healing ointments, for example, such as Vishnevsky ointment. If it was not possible to overcome the disease in the first two stages, and the abscess nevertheless digs up, then it will have to be opened with the help of surgical intervention, and in no case can you do it yourself, all the pus cannot be removed without special tools. If after some time the symptoms of the disease are resumed, the patient must begin treatment of boils in parallel with strengthening the immune system.
Bitch udder - treatment with folk remedies.
There are a lot of recipes of traditional medicine that help in the treatment of hydradenitis. To improve the immune system, it is worth using tincture of echinacea, it should be taken 30 drops three times a day. From it, you can make compresses and apply to sore places. Various compresses can also be made from decoctions of herbs. A good compress made of flour with lard, egg yolk and honey - it relieves itching and reduces inflammation. You can make a cake from honey and flour melted in a water bath with the addition of propolis, it must be applied to the affected area at night, and if you do this every night, the bitch udder will pass very quickly.
Of course, it’s better not to treat, but to prevent the disease. To prevent the udder under the arm, the treatment of which will take at least two weeks, you can avoid tight synthetic clothing, excessive sweating, the use of cosmetics that cause irritation and itching of sensitive areas. If the disease still began to progress, and the above funds did not bring the desired result, the boils increased and the pain intensified, you should immediately consult a specialist.