I had an armpit abscess, went to the doctors today for antibiotics but was told it's possibly too late and I'll have to go to a&or to have it drained, I've had this before and took full anaesthetic, an overnight stay in hospital and months of follow up appointments so to prevent this I decided to oook at things that could help online. I saw about heating a bottle and putting it over the abscess to drain it and so did this. I could see blood draining into the bottle but when I removed the bottle there was a big (little finger tip size) fleshy bloody thing coming out of my armpit where the abscess was. What is this? Do I need to see a doctor? Will it eventually go back down? I'm so freaked if anyone has any insight please let me know 🙈
For now I have covered it in savlon and a bandage but blood makes me squeamish and the sight of it nearly made me pass out. Please advise me!
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Armpit Abscess- Hot bottle treatment help! Freaking out
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AmieJen · 01/12/2017 01:06
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