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Posted 6/4/2017 6:26 PM (GMT 0)
Hi everyone, this is a gross subject, but I'll just throw it out there..

Has anyone had a prob with boils re-appearing over and over again? Ive been getting painful ones which are mostly beneath my skin.. under my armpits and inner thigh, breast area, they normally don't burst, they just appear then dissolve under my skin, only to re-appear again.

I read that it could be the result of a staph infection, the immune system not being strong.. Its been an almost constant battle of mine lately, esp if I eat dairy.

Not sure if there may be a cure? Or if I should take abx?
Should I be concerned?

Thanks in advance!
Posted 6/4/2017 6:54 PM (GMT 0)
They used to call my boils acne vulgaris .i have had them while on rocephin but not on rifampin which leads me to believe they are bartonella caused . I see another derm this month but dont expect much .oil of oregano topically seems to help make sure to dilute
Posted 6/4/2017 6:56 PM (GMT 0)
This is what I read:

You can put warm damp cloths on the boils - several times daily.
When it bursts - (this could take days) - clean with alcohol and then apply an antibiotic cream to it - cover with a band-aid.
Posted 6/4/2017 7:07 PM (GMT 0)
thanks Girlie and BlueLyme!

I tried the heat thing, it doesn't seem to work all that well, hard to maintain when they are all over, they seem to all sprout up at the same time =/ the ones deep inside don't seem to respond to damp cloths, Epson bath soak seems to be the best way, but its hard to find the time to keep up with it, it's just sorta freaky they keep coming back..

Let me know what your Derma says BlueLyme, yeah hard to expect much for sure.
Posted 6/4/2017 7:18 PM (GMT 0)
Houttynia seems to help also i am almost certain it is bartonella caused .get the roots tree will fall
Posted 6/4/2017 8:15 PM (GMT 0)
darned Bart grrr I believe that is also the cause of my monthly visitor being a nightmare.. I do take Houttynia daily, and heard that Crypto also helps.. which I added recently.
Posted 6/4/2017 10:03 PM (GMT 0)
In the olden days you sliced a potato and put that on the boil to draw out the yuckie.

I also read that it is staph. I did not have them, but a girlfriend that has lyme has them. She has one heck of time with them.

Just keep them super clean and loosely covered. The ooze is highly contagious and can be given to others or back to yourself from your clothes. Anything you wear that touches them should be washed before wearing it again.
Posted 6/5/2017 4:37 AM (GMT 0)
Ugh. I have a - I don't know what - looks like a zit that won't come to a head, a bump. It's on my back, high up closer to my shoulder. My general practitioner said is was an ingrown hair. I've had it for months!! It's smaller than a pencil eraser. My mom and sister keep telling me to put a hot towel on it and pop it. I'm afraid. I am worried it might be staph. My brother had staph about five years ago - all on his inner thighs. He had about five boils. So gross. This doesn't look like what he had. His looked like infected zits. Really red with a white head. They were about the size of a pea. He had them popped in the ER, they put antibacterial ointment, and gave him antibiotics. My mom also had staph after surgery on her eye - she picked it up at the hospital. Now I'm starting to worry. I have an appt. with LLMD on Friday. I'll ask her about it.

UGH. File this under the "NOW WHAT??" category.
Posted 6/5/2017 3:48 PM (GMT 0)

1000Daisies said...
I haven't had these in awhile, but when I use to get them, I would put some diluted essential oils on a cotton ball and tape to my skin. They resolved much quicker this method than doing nothing at all (eg letting time resolve it).
Those boils can be very painful and uncomfortable.

What kind of essential oils did you use 1000Daises?

They can take a very long time to heal for sure, months even..
Posted 6/5/2017 3:57 PM (GMT 0)
I used to get boils and other lovely things any time I was overly stressed (like trying to go out for physical therapy when I needed to stay home!) and when I was overloaded with toxins. That may be another angle for you to look into.

I used a drawing salve on them, which sped up the process a bit.
Posted 6/6/2017 4:59 PM (GMT 0)

Traveler said...
I used to get boils and other lovely things any time I was overly stressed (like trying to go out for physical therapy when I needed to stay home!) and when I was overloaded with toxins. That may be another angle for you to look into.

I used a drawing salve on them, which sped up the process a bit.

I think you're on to something there Traveler, I have been so stressed for over a year now with jobs, money, toxins, Herx's.. falling into bad eating habits dealing with the stress of it all, so it's hard to pinpoint when the stress activated it or not as its ongoing.. but I do know this past year it has been a problem, so I'm sure that has contributed to it!

This really helped pointing this out, today I am going to go to the store and get some serious organic veggies and juice, eat the Paleo way.. cut out all sugar, refined carbs and dairy (which makes it worse too) see how it changes..

Thank you!
Posted 6/6/2017 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
The violet wand .(20$)a tesla device for acne helps i think by ozone ..look up brussels posts on lymenet ...it helps a lot with the boils
Posted 6/6/2017 7:32 PM (GMT 0)
my daughter was getting something similar on her skin everytime my oldest would get strept. she took antibiotics each time. But the last time it happened, I decided to try Leuricidin instead, (an antiviral, Monolaurin is the brand), and it worked like a charm

you could give it a try - start slow until you get up to 1 scoop twice a day and see if that might clear it up. I couldn't stop the leuricidin or else she would start getting tiny dots on her skin, so i added cat's claw and JKW and pulled the leuricidin and now she is only on those two herbs.
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