Hello, I get boils some times on my inner groin area when I'm very run down. I've been sick recently and sure enough one has cropped up. I've never had one on my stomach before so I've never seen them this close and I'm freaking myself out. It's not sore, I put mag sulph paste and a dressing overnight and tried to burst it this morning but it just bled and I think I bruised the area around it by poking and prodding. I marked the area of redness around it but it's the same shape as the dressing so I'm guessing the skin is irritated there by the adhesive.
My question is, do I just put something on it, cover it and leave it alone? Or should I try to drain it? Or see someone? Usually I'd whack a bit of Vicks and a plaster over it and forget about it but because I can see this one I'm freaking at the thought of MRSA or blood infections. It's along the line of a stretch mark so that's the lump under it.