What is a boil

There are many types of skin diseases. In the treatment of such diseases, the treatment should be based on the patient's disease condition, so that there will be a good way to control the disease. In the process of treating skin diseases, the diet should also be arranged reasonably, and some spicy and greasy foods should be reduced. This will be of great help to your health. So what is a boil?

Many people don’t know much about what carbuncle is. It is a very common disease. This type of disease is very harmful to human health. When treating this type of disease, good methods are also needed to improve the disease.

What are boils?

Furuncle is a purulent infection of hair follicles and the surrounding tissues deep inside the hair follicles. A carbuncle is formed when multiple adjacent hair follicles are infected, inflamed and fused.

Causes

Staphylococcus aureus is the most common pathogen. Recurrent furunculosis in the anogenital area may be secondary to anaerobic infection. 5% are sterile and caused by a foreign body reaction, such as a ruptured cyst. It is more common in teenagers. Susceptibility factors include long-term carriage of S. aureus, diabetes, obesity, poor hygiene habits, and immunodeficiency status.

symptom:

Initially, small red, swollen and painful nodules appear locally, which gradually swell and become cone-shaped. After a few days, the center of the nodule becomes soft due to tissue necrosis, and small yellow-white pus plugs appear; the area of ​​redness, swelling, and pain expands. After a few more days, the pus plug falls off, the pus is discharged, and the inflammation gradually disappears and heals.

There are generally no obvious systemic symptoms. However, if it occurs in an area rich in blood and the body's resistance is weakened, it can cause symptoms of toxic blood such as discomfort, chills, fever, headache and anorexia. If boils on the face, especially around the upper lip and nose in the so-called "danger triangle", are squeezed or pricked, the infection can easily enter the cavernous sinuses in the skull along the medial angular vein and ophthalmic vein, causing suppurative cavernous sinusitis, with progressive redness, swelling and nodules extending to the eyes and surrounding tissues, accompanied by pain and tenderness, headache, chills, high fever and even coma. The condition is very serious and the mortality rate is very high.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of what carbuncle is. Therefore, when treating this type of disease, it must be timely. This type of disease is very harmful to the human body. Moreover, if it is not treated in time after discovery, the disease will become more serious and will have a serious impact on future treatment.