The appearance of boils, carbuncles and abscesses is a manifestation of infectious skin diseases that arise as a result of a deep bacterial infection that occurs in the skin hair follicles. Bacteria that provoke the appearance of such unpleasant skin defects are located in areas that are subject to constant friction or covered with stiff hair. These are the neck, buttocks and perineum, elbows and knees.
Usually, at the site of the boil, a painful red nodule first appears, which increases in size over several days, then its tip softens and pus is secreted from there. If the boil is not treated at home, then this can lead to complication. In difficult cases, the infection can spread to the lining of the brain with the subsequent development of purulent meningitis. If you have boils often, in this case you need to see a doctor and check your blood sugar, as such symptoms usually indicate that the patient has diabetes.
To cure a boil at home is usually not difficult. Even without treatment in the normal course of the disease, it usually heals in less than a week. However, if he does not “mature” in a few days, you should consult a doctor to open the boil and remove the pus. You also need to see a doctor if several boils appear at the same time or if the boil forms in a particularly uncomfortable place and causes severe pain.
When treating a boil at home, it should be remembered that staphylococcus is a bacterium that causes this disease when it enters the body and may have increased resistance to drugs and this creates a risk of relapse. Staphylococcus also carries a potential danger of the spread of infection, so treatment should be carried out not only external but also internal.
External treatment of a boil at home should be done using hot wet compresses. This stimulates the flow of blood to the lesion and contributes to the fastest formation of the head, which leads to self-drainage. Local heating of the affected area due to the softening of its surface prevents the formation of scabs on the skin, thus blocking the spread of infection. You can make wet compresses with a terry washcloth moistened with very hot water. This should be done 3-6 times a day for 10-15 minutes.
When treating a boil at home, you can use hot bags of black tea. The pouch stores heat for a long time, and black tea contains tannic acid. Good help treating poultice poultices. Freshly planted plantain has a powerful pulling force. Can be treated with burdock. To do this, add two tablespoons of burdock root to two glasses of hot water and leave for 20 minutes. Hot broth should be applied to the affected area.
Internal treatment of a boil at home is carried out to cleanse the blood from staphylococcus. This is very important if there have already been relapses of the disease. Bitter orange oil is used to treat staph infections . This oil is able to remove boils that are not amenable to even antibiotics. Four drops of oil should be mixed with half a glass of orange juice and taken three times a day. This remedy must be used until all symptoms are resolved and another 2-3 days after that. About seven grams of oil is enough for a complete cure, but in case of relapse or a chronic disease, three times more may be needed.
Be especially careful with self-treatment of boils. If you have relapses of the disease, or it does not go away within 3-7 days, or you have additional unpleasant symptoms, then you should definitely seek medical help from a doctor.