Furuncles is the medical name for an area of skin with acute inflammation. In the people, such an abscess is called a boil or a chirp. There is even a saying: "The boil does not come alone." This means that one area, inflamed, will invariably entail a series of boils. This scourge can and should be fought: a lot of medicines and folk recipes will help in this.
What is a boil (boil)?
Almost every one of us had a chirp in childhood or in adulthood. At first, it swells under the skin, causing a desire to comb it. Then it breaks through to the surface of the epidermis in the form of a large pimple with purulent contents. The boil is very painful when touched.
There are two approaches to treating furunculosis:
- conservative (provides for folk and pharmacy methods of treatment - tinctures, compresses, cauterization, antibiotics and vitamin-mineral complexes);
- operative (this is a surgical intervention, when the area of the affected skin is cut out together with the abscess or with the help ofa special needle sucks out the entire contents of the neoplasm).
Causes of occurrence and growth
Most often, boils overcome the body during a period of severe stress, reduced immunity, after a series of colds or surgeries. In women, this problem can worsen during the premenstrual period, when the body's defenses are at zero.
An infection called Staphylococcus aureus, getting into the hair follicle or pore, causes inflammation there. It can occur anywhere on the body, but most often occurs in the back, forearm, neck, and auricles. Suppuration occurs, if the body does not have the strength to fight the focus of inflammation, then a purulent abscess is formed.
Is Staphylococcus aureus always the cause of furunculosis? No, sometimes this phenomenon is caused by other pathogenic bacteria that overcome the protective skin barrier through wounds and microtraumas. But in 70% of cases, the cause is staphylococcus aureus.
Causes of furunculosis (ingestion of harmful bacteria): rare washing of hands after the street, eating dirty vegetables and fruits, playing with dogs and cats, working in the ground.
If immunity and body resistance are at a high level, then suppuration will not occur, and a person will not even know about a possible infection.
What is forbidden to do with furunculosis?
At whatever stage the boil is, the following effects on it are prohibited:
- It is strictly forbidden to squeeze out purulent contents with nails, handsor other devices at home. A non-sterile environment is highly likely to provoke re-infection and the appearance of new foci on the body. If the abscess burst itself, you need to carefully, several times a day, treat this place with an alcohol solution or chlorhexidine. Until the wound heals, it should be sealed with adhesive tape, placing a sterile cotton pad under it.
- If furunculosis has affected the auricles, the mucous membrane of the nose and mouth, be sure to consult a doctor. These are "dangerous" areas from which pus can begin to travel throughout the body. Requires antibiotic therapy. In some cases, surgery will have to be postponed.
- It is impossible to allow the transition of furunculosis into a chronic form. To do this, it is necessary to stop the spread of Staphylococcus aureus in a timely manner and drink a course of antibacterial drugs.
Basic methods of treatment of furunculosis
According to the method of influencing the focus of inflammation, methods can be divided into general and local.
General methods of therapy affect the entire body as a whole: increase immunity and vitality. Antibiotics can also be included here: by destroying staphylococcus and other microbes, they prevent the recurrence of furunculosis.
Local methods of therapy are physiotherapy, compresses, application of ointments and creams. That is, the impact directly on the boil itself and the skin around it. Most folk methods have a local therapeutic effect. This does not mean that they are ineffective, but in case of complications, it is better to contactsee a dermatologist.
Treatment of furunculosis at home
Folk recipes have been tested for decades and are completely safe. They can be safely used for furunculosis in adults and children, but after consulting a specialist. If the pain intensifies, and the abscess increases, then hurry to a dermatologist. Sometimes the root of the boil lies too deep, and even the strongest remedies are not able to "pull" it out without surgical intervention. It can break through and lead to complications, and eventually to surgery and blood transfusions.
Here are the most popular folk recipes that any of us can cook:
- Aloe pulp. A young flower with fleshy leaves will do. Cut off a piece, squeeze out the juice. It should be almost transparent in color, thick and with a tart smell of freshness. Soak a cotton pad with this juice and apply to the site of inflammation. Fix with adhesive tape on top. Compresses should be changed once an hour. Aloe juice will quickly relieve itching, pain, and in case of a breakthrough of the abscess, it will not allow the infection to spread.
- Raw potatoes can pull out the root of an abscess in a couple of days. To do this, a plate of raw fresh potatoes (previously peeled) is applied to the chirp and fixed with adhesive tape. This method is good, but fried onions draw out the pus even faster.
- Infusion of dandelion root. This is a folk remedy for a general effect on the body. If you regularly drink such an infusion, the blood is cleansed, and furunculosis stopstorment the patient. This method is especially good in the spring, when hundreds of dandelions break out of the ground towards the sun. Take a few roots of this plant, wash thoroughly, chop finely, pour boiling water over it. The resulting infusion should be drunk twice a day on an empty stomach, one glass each. For 100 g of dandelion root, use half a liter of water.
- Honey and bee products have long been famous for their anti-inflammatory properties. Hundreds of years ago, chiriki were treated like this: they made a cake of wheat flour mixed with honey, applied it overnight to the affected area of the skin, fixing it with a cloth (so that the cake would not fall off overnight). By morning, most often, the purulent contents of the boil came out.
- Laundry soap is probably the cheapest way to treat furunculosis. It is necessary to grate a piece of laundry soap on a coarse grater, attach a couple of shavings to the boil and secure with a cotton pad and adhesive tape. Helps draw out pus and speed up the maturation of an abscess.
Treatment of furunculosis at home can be very effective. The result depends on the stage of the disease and the general resistance of the organism to pathogens. If, after all the manipulations, the pain only intensifies, and new foci of inflammation appear on the body, contact a dermatologist immediately.
Baked onions are the enemy of tweets
But the most popular folk remedy for furunculosis is onions. He is able to pull out the boil with the root in a few hours. This is the easiest remedy to use, yet one of the most effective:
- Regularpeel the onion. Separate a small piece measuring two by two centimeters.
- Light the burner of the stove on medium heat and carefully, on the tip of the fork, bring a piece of onion to the fire. Hold until the slice is baked and has an even light brown color.
- Apply the resulting piece of onion to the chirp, cover with a cotton pad and secure with adhesive tape
- Every hour you need to apply a freshly baked piece of onion. Such a bandage is an excellent tool, after the third or fourth compress the boil will break through.
- After the pus flows out, a shallow funnel will remain in place of the root of the boil. Once an hour, treat it and the affected area of \u200b\u200bthe skin around it with a cotton pad soaked in medical alcohol.
The treatment of furunculosis with baked onions is recognized as the most gentle and effective even by dermatologists. This is a safe method that has been tested for decades.
Vishnevsky's ointment for furunculosis
This remedy has proven to be safe and effective. They were treated with boils even by our great-grandmothers. Vishnevsky's ointment has an irritating effect, provides a rush of blood to the site of application. As a result, the tweet matures very quickly and opens with its purulent contents.
The composition of Vishnevsky's ointment is very environmentally friendly:
- birch tar;
- xeroform;
- castor oil.
It can be used to treat children. A minimum of allergic reactions and side effects, as well as low cost, make this ointmentfor the treatment of furunculosis remedy No. 1 on pharmacy shelves.
However, surgeons and some dermatologists do not welcome this method of treatment, as the abscess can burst from the inside, and the pus will go into the bloodstream and to nearby organs. This can provoke complications: abscessing furunculosis, phlegmon and carbuncles. In this case, it will be much more difficult to achieve remission, a blood transfusion or more complex procedures will be required.
Furunculosis in children: features of treatment and complications
Children's body has less resistance to infections due to immature immunity. If furunculosis is not cured or the purulent contents are prematurely squeezed out, the following complications may begin:
- extensive Staphylococcus aureus infection;
- blood transfusion for furunculosis;
- pus separation into nearby organs or bone tissue;
- in rare cases, severe complications are possible, such as meningitis, sepsis.
So, children's furunculosis. Which doctor should I contact? This question worries many parents. First, make an appointment with a therapist, he will prescribe a course of antibacterial drugs and send him for a blood test. Antibiotics will destroy pathogenic bacteria, and the causative agent of furunculosis (most often it is Staphylococcus aureus) will stop its attack on the child's body.
Medications
Most often, antibiotics, anti-inflammatory ointments and vitamins are prescribed for furunculosis. A competent dermatologist will first send the patient to take a puncture from the boil. It is sent for analysis in order to find out which particular group of bacteria caused the development of the disease. After that, antibacterial drugs are prescribed, which, depending on the effect on microorganisms, are:
- tetracycline;
- macrolide;
- fluoroquinil;
- fucidin;
- Zinerite.
Modern people are frightened by the hysteria around antibiotics for furunculosis and prefer to be treated with anything but these "dangerous" and "killing all life" pills. Modern antibacterial drugs are quite safe, without far-reaching consequences, and many of them are prescribed even for pregnant women. So feel free to treat yourself with what the doctor prescribes. The harm from their use in any case is much lower than the intended benefit.
Antibiotics are also prescribed for topical use. Solutions in which it is necessary to moisten cotton wool and make compresses on a boil are Dimexide, Lincomycin, Biseptol, Miramistin.
Ichthyol and Tetracycline ointments are inexpensive and deal a crushing blow to the bacteria that cause furunculosis. These ointments are very effective, and you can buy them at any pharmacy without a prescription. They are active against almost all types of bacteria that provoke furunculosis.
Often, dermatologists prescribe anti-inflammatory ointments to treat the affected area of the skin. This is "Malavit", "Rescuer",Solcoseryl. Their action is aimed primarily at relieving itching and burning.
To prevent decay and disinfection of the site of the abscess, alcohol tinctures and antiseptics are prescribed: "Fukortsin", "Betadine", salicylic acid, magnesia.
Homeopathy and vitamins
Homeopathic remedies are prescribed for the chronic form of the disease both as a therapy and as a preventive measure. Homeopathy has practically no contraindications. For boils, apply compresses, extracts and extracts from calendula, yarrow, arnica, plantain, chamomile.
Therapy with vitamins is designed to increase immunity, the body's defenses. A high-quality vitamin and mineral complex is an excellent prevention of the formation of boils in the future. Dermatologists often prescribe brewer's yeast for furunculosis. They contain the full complex of B vitamins and relieve skin diseases.
Also excellent vitamins for furunculosis - "Supradin" and "Supradin Kids" (for kids). They contain the daily required norm of not only vitamins, but also minerals. The effervescent form of tablets is completely absorbed by the body. People's feedback about "Supradyn" is mostly positive.
Surgical methods
Don't be afraid of the word "operation"! In the treatment of furunculosis, it means a simple procedure during which the surgeon cuts a skin area with a scalpel and takes out the inflamed bulb with a special tool.along with chirya root.
Abscessing furunculosis, phlegmon and carbuncles are almost impossible to cure without surgery. These operations are routinely performed, performed with local anesthesia, and in a week there are up to a hundred people in the hands of such a surgeon!
After surgery, for the speedy healing of the focus, physiotherapy is prescribed: UHF or ultraviolet irradiation, magnetotherapy.
By the way, surgeons have a negative attitude towards folk methods of self-treatment and attempts to "pull out" the root of the boil with compresses and infusions. They claim that with these methods, the pus often goes inside, provoking even more infection and the appearance of new boils in a place near the previous one.
