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Week! DH has the Biggest Boil in the Universe!

53 replies

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 20:23

It's very red with a dry head. Best way to get rid if it?

He couldn't get a doc's appointment today.

(Sorry for yuckiness !)

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YouReethra · 26/11/2012 20:26

Picture first. You know the drill.

Where is it ?

CMOTDibbler · 26/11/2012 20:26

mag sulph paste under a dressing - it'll draw the head out.
And a picture for MN will help it no end

ThePathanKhansWitch · 26/11/2012 20:34

Really need to see it.Urgently.

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 21:12

Really sorry but I'm a major techno phobe and wouldn't know how to put a photo on, honestly!

Will try the mag sulph, thanks.

DH has now given boil a name......

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hopenglory · 26/11/2012 21:15

klaxon

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 21:16

What's klaxon?

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hopenglory · 26/11/2012 21:16

Priorities! hot flannels, mag sulphate.

Only try the milk bottle trick if you work out how to kink videos

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 21:22

Milk bottle trick?

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CoteDAzur · 26/11/2012 21:23

Pick off the dry head, then press on both sides.

Enjoy Grin

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 21:27

That is sooo tempting but we don' t have any plastic sheeting.....

Seriously we are currently in talks with Channel 4 for the documentary Grin

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hopenglory · 26/11/2012 21:36

The klaxon is what you sound to bring all the sporners running with good advice

BaconAndAvocado · 26/11/2012 22:01
Grin

DH now having TCP filled bath, going to GP tomorrow. Hope he, and boil, get good night's sleep.

I may well sleep on sofa tonight.....

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YouReethra · 26/11/2012 22:37

What has he named the boil ?

Rachog · 26/11/2012 22:39

Have a squeeze and report back!

BaconAndAvocado · 27/11/2012 12:45

He's named the boil Edward, which is a bit lost on me!

He's gone to docs this morning so will report back later on Edward's progress/demise.

On the last viewing Edward's head was a dark grey colour.....

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ThePathanKhansWitch · 27/11/2012 16:16

Oh it really needs squeezing.

BaconAndAvocado · 27/11/2012 19:26

I know but I can't even bear to look at it now, let alone touch it!

The doctor has prescribed anti biotics and if it doesn't improve in 2 days it will need to be drained in hospital........bleeeurgh! It sounds medieval!

DH has now drawn a circle in biro around Edward to chart any possible growth.

Edward has become part of the family Grin

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ThePathanKhansWitch · 27/11/2012 19:43

If you're in the Uk, i could possibly be with Edward in a few hours, save dh a trip to hospital.Grin
i am not joking

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Jacksmania · 27/11/2012 20:14

Really, how are we supposed to advise without visual evidence?
Hmm

The milk bottle trick is when you heat a glass milk bottle in boiling water, slap the opening over the boil and wait for the bottle to cool. As it cools, a vacuum forms in the bottle. Which will usually cause the boil to erupt spectacularly. And conveniently, neatly in the bottle.
'Tis fab :o

Violetroses · 27/11/2012 20:21

Would that work with a wine bottle....?

Jacksmania · 27/11/2012 20:27

I don't know. I think it depends on the size of the boil. I think a clear bottle is best, and the opening has to cover all or most of the boil.

Corygal · 27/11/2012 20:31

Ummmm, can I and my friend Beryl the Boil join in? I've got her on the inner thigh about an inch wide - she is fat and her skin is sort of grey: she gets greyer in the middle.

Do I need to do anything? Will she depart naturally, or at least slip off before someone asks me to take pix up me kilt and put them on the interweb.

Doinmummy · 27/11/2012 20:51

Corygal Beryl needs to have her pic taken for posterity (and posted on here )

Corygal · 27/11/2012 21:13

Oh NO--- Beryl BURST. That 20 min silence was me doing battle with loo roll with legs round my neck. She must have been camera shy.

Right, what came out. A lot of some wet stuff, then a lot of blood with little white flecks in it.

Do I just leave her to it? You could fit a fag in the hole. (I won't give her one, even tho she is post-explosive & prob craving one).

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