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Hydradenitis Abscesses - any good treatments?


Apart from surgery and antibiotics.

Unfortunately, the treatments most commonly used today are the least effective and can be positively harmful. Incising a non-fluctuant boil is only going to make matters worse and should be avoided. Excising an acute inflammatory lesion and closing the resulting wound primarily is also wrong as there is a very high rate of, often immediate, recurrences in such cases (approximately 80% recurrences). When excision is performed, healing should be by secondary intention. Another frequent mistake is to prescribe penicillins or short courses of other antibiotics. Virtually every patient with at least moderately severe HS will testify to the fact that short courses of antibiotics on their own are unhelpful. What is worse is that many patients who are prescribed such treatments feel 'fobbed off' with less than useful medication and ultimately end up turning their backs on the medical profession.

Keep that area clean and dry--you may need to consider taking medications that can reduce the amount of testosterone your body makes--you will need to see a doctor for that

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