Furunculosis is called an inflammatory purulent disease, the cause of which is most often staphylococcus aureus. It can appear on the body as one formation, or several on any part of the body. Its sizes vary from a small pea to a large walnut. Boils most often occur in places where the body is exposed to pollution or friction, such as the arms, neck, face, buttocks, and lower back.
There is a more severe form of the disease - carbuncle. The causes of furunculosis and its counterpart are the same. Outwardly, they are also similar, but in the second case, the inflammation spreads much deeper - to the subcutaneous cells, which are dead.
Furunculosis: causes and symptoms
The skin surrounding the neoplasm thickens, reddens and hurts. After some time, an abscess develops, it matures, and the liquid comes out. The rest of the wound heals. The whole process may be accompanied by malaise and fever.
As mentioned above, furunculosis, the causes of which are attributed to skin damage by metal, clothing, dust or nails, should be treated immediately. After all, such wounds as open doors to hitmicrobe into the body.
Causes related to stomach diseases, metabolic disorders, overweight, diabetes, alcoholism can provoke furunculosis.
General recommendations
The most important thing is caution. Improper processing leads to the penetration of infection into deeper tissues. The ideal option, of course, is a visit to the doctor.
The sooner the boil ripens and breaks through, the faster the disease will recede. Therefore, to soften the skin and its breakthrough, you can apply dry and warm compresses to the affected area several times every day.
At the wound, after the pus comes out, a bandage is applied in order to prevent re-infection inside.
And most importantly, you can not squeeze out the boil! It is unacceptable to treat carbuncles on your own!
Treatment
Treatment should be prescribed by a doctor, judging by the stage or complexity of the disease. At the first degree, ultraviolet radiation of the focus is carried out, at the second - injections are prescribed. An antibiotic is injected into the area of the boil.
It is possible to apply a plaster to the place of formation or a bandage soaked in a solution of silver nitrate, it is changed twice a day.
Continues even after the boil opens, treatment. Vishnevsky's ointment is used to apply a bandage to a drying focus daily. It heals the wound well and prevents the re-entry of microorganisms. Also promotes healing ichthyol. It is imposedon the hearth in a thick layer, and covered with cotton wool on top. After the formation of the cake, the ointment is washed off with plain water. You need to do the procedure in the morning and evening. After the boil breaks through, Ichthyol is not used, so as not to close the exit for pus.
Non-opening formation is removed surgically. The doctor cuts the focus and washes the wound from pus.
Prevention
What is furunculosis, the causes of which lie in skin damage and the introduction of a microbe, you can never know if you follow all the rules of hygiene. The cleaner the body, the lower the percentage of infection. Any scratch and small wound should be treated immediately with peroxide or brilliant green. In addition, a strong immune system will not allow the microbe to settle in the body. This natural barrier must be maintained in the body all year round through sports, hardening, proper nutrition and vitamin intake.
