My 3 year old has a boil on a very private area and she wont let me touch it to pop it any help?
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she doesn't want you to pop it because that hurts. You could ask her to come to you if it gets too uncomfortable and then you can (maybe) teach her to medicate it or whatever so she is not afraid you will hurt her.
I'm no doctor but I wouldn't pop it myself anyway. Too much likelihood of infection and scarring. Take her to a doctor.
you should not be trying to pop it, you can drive the infection back into her system. You want to apply heat to it. And then cold to it to make it pop all by itself. Apply a very warm washcloth to the area, then apply a cold cloth to it. It should burst in a day or two or maybe even overnight. Good luck, hope baby feels better soon. It must be quite painful. What is happening is that an infection is going on in her body and it is presenting itself by boils.
A boil is a common name for a "furuncle." These are caused by the bacteria known as staph aureus. Usually someone will only get one or two once in a blue moon. I was told by a doctor that I work with that when they reoccur, sometimes the person will need oral antibiotics. I would just try washing the area every time you bathe her with "Dial Antibacterial Hand Soap." If the furuncles reoccur, then ask her doctor about antibiotics. Good luck.
Boils are NOT normal! A warm bath will help to bring it to a head. NEVER try to pop it! If you can see a green pustule in the middle, put her in a warm bath again. It will help to open it up & drain. Be sure to have the tub very clean. Bleach does a great job of killing germs on bathroom fixtures. She probabaly has a staph infection. Staph is normally found on the skin & can get into cuts, etc. & cause infection. Try bathing her with cetaphil. Good luck!
I would suggest she be watched Carefully, My brother-in-law had a boil down there, he actually had the FLESH EATING Disease. It almost killed him. Thanks to the right doctor who knew what it was, he is alive today!
Keep her Powdered and kept dry there. Have cotton undies and light cotton shorts on her. She should be checked more than regularly. If you need a second opinion don't hesitate. DON'T TRY TO BREAK IT, LET THE DOCTOT DO IT
Let her sit in warm water several times a day and it will come to a head and try giving her raisins to eat I always herd it was inpurites in the blood
I used to get them when i was a kid,and my dad heated hot water and soak a heal of bread and wrapped it in a cloth and then i would put it on the boil and it bought out the core from the boil as trying to squeezes it out will make it worse.
Good luck dear
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