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My husband has a boil under his arm? Any suggestions on what to do? It’s huge and painful.


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  • I’d keep an eye on it. A heat compress can help alleviate some of the pain/ discomfort but if it gets bigger you may need to see your doctor and maybe even antibiotics.


  • They are the worst! In my experience using a hot cloth can help bring it to the skin to release itself. It may take a couple of days. Not recommended to try pierce it or lance yourself.


  • cover it and you can use drawing cream or antibacterial cream like savlon


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  • Boils are usually lanced. But I wouldn’t recommend doing this yourself, a Dr visit for that. You could try bathing with warm water. I’ld hold a face washer soaked in hot water on it


  • Tea tree oil is the best treatment and heat . Put tea tree oil on as much few times a day


  • Oh no, these are terrible things, i get them all the time, you need to drain them and make sure you have cleaned the area really well before and after to feel any relief.

    Armpit boils can be caused by a condition called ‘hidradenitis suppurativa’, which affects about 1-4% of the population. In fact, if you’ve had boils in your armpit on more than five occasions, it is very likely to be hidradenitis. Typically, if you have hidradenitis you will develop about two painful boils a month, each of which takes about a week to go away, although some people are more badly affected. In really severe cases, boils may be present all the time.

    Hidradenitis is not primarily an infection, so you cannot pass it on to anyone else and you will not spread it to other parts of your own body by touch.

    Apply warm compresses and soak the boil in warm water. (You can use a facewasher)This will decrease the pain and help draw the pus to the surface. Once the boil comes to a head, it will burst with repeated soakings. This usually occurs within 10 days of its appearance. You can make a warm compress by soaking a wash cloth in warm water and squeezing out the excess moisture.
    When the boil starts draining, wash it with an antibacterial soap until all the pus is gone and clean with rubbing alcohol. Apply a medicated ointment (topical antibiotic) and a bandage. Continue to wash the infected area two to three times a day and to use warm compresses until the wound heals.
    Do not pop the boil with a needle. This could make the infection worse.


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