What on Earth is this?

[Wtafis]

name changed, you guys are my only hope on a Sunday noght

had a swelling at the top of thigh for a week or so but today it’s really painful had a look and it like tbis

any ideas what it is or how I treat it

Oh including swelling under skin it’s about golf ball size

A cyst? But tbh I would see the nurse practitioner at the GP's surgery for advice on what to do.

That looks nasty, I’m not surprised it’s painful.

definitely a Nurse Practitioner/minor injuries job.

Can’t see nurse until tomorrow as a minimum. Any ideas what I can do in the meantime!

Do you have a local urgent care? Might be worth a visit if you do.

I'd take painkillers for now, and maybe draw a line around it just in the redness spreads. Don't stab it or anything like that!

Hot wet flannel on it might help

There’s minor injuries but I’m home alone with two under 6, so not doing that unless it’s life threatening

DH literally couldn’t get home until 8 at the earliest and no one local to watch them for something minor

Could be an abscess. I had one and was really ill until the antibiotics kicked in.

Start using hot compresses with salt water, minimum 3 x a day. Cover it with Savlon or Germoline in between bathings.

When you say hot compresses you mean put a flannel on it that’s been in hot salt water?

Yes, not boiling water but hot as you can stand without scalding yourself. Good teaspoon of salt.

Tried compress.

I think it’s brought it to the surface as it’s now catching as I walk. Super painful

Ouch. Please keep up updated with photos OP. It's the law on here. Do you have any magnesium sulphate? If it pops please show us the evidence 😁

I was going to suggest magnesium sulphate too.
definitely draw around it
keep an eye in your temperature
do you have an out of hours GP service that you can ring for advice?

I mean I would pop it with a needle if that were mine!

I can’t contemplate the pain of putting a pen to even the edge.

no mgso4 here that’s a good suggestion

i do have some neosporin cream from USA, might try putting some of that on

If the flannel brought it to the surface, keep going with it.
I had a much smaller one that receded with tea tree oil. Have you got anything like that around?

Have done an inventory of medicine cupboard

• athletes foot cream
• neosporin
• haemmoroid cream
• falpol
• paracetamol
• piriton

It looks like the abscesses I get, the purple/black/dark is because it's full of blood usually
They're painful (I currently have 4!) hot baths, hot compresses and paracetamol

Bloody hell @PeloFondo yoite made of stronger stuff than me dealing with 4

Looks like an ingrown hair that may have infected. I had one similar, very painful and very dark in places right at the top of the thigh where I used to shave.

Went to GP who wasn't concerned and it just went away after a few days

Just use a sharpie lightly around the edge. Definitely not biro

4 abscesses!!

I have hidradenitis supprativa, so it's not unusual for me! They're quite small (£1 size) but just annoying as they're at various stages of sore/healing/bleeding
I don't get medical treatment unless they're big (golf ball size) or not going or obviously infected

Keep going with the hot compresses.