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Great big effing boil on my neck! Help!

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BagofHolly · 13/08/2011 12:48

I've NEVER had a boil, ever, and now, 4 days after I go from long hair to a short bob, I've got something that looks like another nipple. It HURTS! I've put metanium on it and it's coming up to a point but there's no head on it. I don't feel too well either but that might be unrelated.

What should I do?! Help!

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FourThousandHoles · 15/08/2011 08:52

Oh wow. Just wow. Poor you OP, that looks awful.

Hope you get seen quickly.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/08/2011 08:57

you poor soul. If you do get sent to hosp, I would do as wmmc says and pack an overnight bag with your choice of things you'd like with you.
Good luck.

chimchar · 15/08/2011 08:58

god...how yukky.

hope by now you are with the gp and are feeling better very soon.

despite the fact that you have a proper boil and that you are feeling unwell too, just wanted to say that you have a great sense of humour bagofholly....Smile

VivaLeBeaver · 15/08/2011 09:58

What's happened, have you exploded in a big ball of pus?

Moanna · 15/08/2011 10:14

I love this thread

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/08/2011 13:26

:( I hope the lack of an update doesnt mean that you are in a bit of a pickle with this. Thinking of you.

VivaLeBeaver · 15/08/2011 13:44

Wouldn't be surprised if she's in hospital having iv antibiotics.

aftereight · 15/08/2011 14:02

Keep checking back for an update, hope you are getting some good medical care on the isolation ward and are soon boil-less

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BagofHolly · 15/08/2011 14:04

Well it's all a bit meh really! The ABs are doing the trick it seems. I waited 90 mins to see a 10 year old GP who spent less than a minute looking at it and wrote me a prescription for more flucloxacillin. It's going down in redness but the total area affected seems bigger.

I'm so disappointed it hasnt burst! What a tease! Going to get another hot compress on it later as it's still sore as anything. He didn't mention anthrax, black death or plague so if you're in Essex and reading this, you're safe for now!

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Hellishday · 15/08/2011 14:15

Well I am handing you a big award for bravery.
Red or White?

VivaLeBeaver · 15/08/2011 14:34

Glad to hear you're going to survive it.

I hear you about 10yo gps. Had to take dd to the dr today and receptionist said she could only offer me an appt with a newly qualified dr. Think she must be straight out of med school bless her, was even wearing her ID card like hospital drs do. Maybe she was expecting to be challenged. Grin

FourThousandHoles · 15/08/2011 14:38

Oh bugger. AB's = no Wine

Poor poor you OP

Glad to hear you're going to survive :)

chimchar · 15/08/2011 14:43

sorry its not popped or anything, but glad you've got some more ab's.

do update if it bursts though eh? Wink

VivaLeBeaver · 15/08/2011 15:20

You can drink wine on flucox.

evenlessnarkypuffin · 15/08/2011 15:27

I'm glad you're not dying. On the plus side the picture of the boil has put DH off from peeking over my shoulder when I'm ignoring him MNing Grin

OhYouBadBadKitten · 15/08/2011 16:01

wow, well thank goodness for antibiotic eh. If you start to not feel well again, or get worried at all this evening/tonight then please see another person.

whomovedmychocolate · 15/08/2011 16:31

Well that's good but you need to monitor for at least 72 hours and keep check on your temperature and if it seems to be getting worse go back. GPs are not great at soft tissue infections because they see them mostly in old dears whose circulation is so shit anyway they just shell out pills without really investigating. Ideally you draw a circle round it (yes I know it'll look weird, but you have a whole extra head how bad can it be?) so you can monitor if it IS indeed getting bigger.

May I suggest you measure edge to edge with a meter rule tape measure and then do it again after 24 hours. If you start to vomit, lose consciousness, get a severe headache, fever, or your eyes won't open, you go directly to A&E and DO NOT DRIVE YOURSELF THERE

Nag over, hope you feel better soon. :)

whomovedmychocolate · 15/08/2011 16:32

Incidentally it did occur to me that it might be an ingrowing hair or a hair which has wedged in your head during the haircut - in which case it may keep refilling until it's removed.

I suggest giving your extra head a name perhaps Susan Grin

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BagofHolly · 15/08/2011 16:45

Viva, that's the happiest news I've had all day!

I started to carefully draw around the pink area with a pink pen (so it wouldn't show up much but I'd know where to look) and I couldn't reach, so asked DH to have a go. The pen ran out and HR muttered something about getting another one, and carried on. Now he's finished I've realised he's used black marker pen. CD marker pen. I may as well have got a tattoo. At least I could have decorated it a bit and made a feature. Now it just looks like I'm an animal carcas, ready for jointing. Will upload photo in a min.

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BagofHolly · 15/08/2011 16:46

DH, not "HR". No need to tell them yet!

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mamalovesmojitos · 15/08/2011 16:50

Grin funniest thread ever. Op, you are hilarious! And very brave Smile. Do keep an eye in it. I hope you get back to normal soon.

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BagofHolly · 15/08/2011 16:53

Whomovedmychoc, a name would indeed be good. I think it's male, stubborn and aggressive yet strangely fascinating. Mike Tyson? Wayne Rooney?

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GlaikitFizzog · 15/08/2011 17:02

CystFabregas??