What causes carbuncle

Physical illness can cause great harm to people's lives and cause people to suffer great pain. For example, boils are a very popular disease in life. They grow in the skin tissue and can cause certain pain to patients. They will continue to grow. Let's take a look at what causes boils? I hope everyone can understand it.

A furuncle is a purulent infection of the hair follicles and the tissues surrounding them. Furuncles may be caused by bacterial infection, air or food allergies, life stress, poor hygiene, illness, poor resistance, certain medications, eating too much junk food, wound infection, blood poisoning, or thyroid problems. It is painful, unsightly, sometimes leaves scars, and occasionally even dangerous. Although boils are not a very serious disease, because the hair follicles are closely adjacent to each other, if the boils that have already grown are not treated in time, they will not only be extremely painful, but will also easily cause infection of the surrounding skin and cause more boils to grow. In the middle stage of carbuncle, local treatment, such as hot compress, is helpful to relieve pain and dissipate inflammation; you can also apply Jinhuangsan, Bactroban ointment, etc.; if there is a pus head, apply carbolic acid or iodine tincture on the top to prevent squeezing and touching. Never squeeze the pus with your fingers, as this can easily cause infection.

Treatment

1 . What do patients need to do? If a boil is about to break out, apply magnesium sulfate ointment on the surface of the boil and then cover it with adhesive tape. This can speed up the rupture and healing of the boil. After the boil breaks, carefully wipe off the pus with cotton dipped in antibacterial solution, and then cover the affected area with adhesive tape. Do not poke or squeeze the boil as this may cause the infection to spread. If the boil does not heal within 2 weeks, or if it gets bigger, becomes painful, or comes back, take your child to see a doctor.

2 . What will the doctor do? The doctor will prescribe oral antibiotics to eliminate the infection. Sometimes doctors make a small cut in the boil to help the pus drain out.

Boils are caused by infection with Staphylococcus aureus or hemolytic Streptococcus. The main causes are low body resistance, excessive secretion of sebaceous glands, skin damage, and skin diseases such as eczema, prickly heat, and itching. In addition, people with malnutrition, anemia, diabetes and low immunity (such as those who use hormones for a long time) are also prone to boils.