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HOT, SWOLLEN, PAINFUL BOILS… IS THERE ANYTHING WORSE?
No matter where you get them, boils (also known as skin abscesses) are difficult to deal with, and they usually erupt in the worst possible places—under your arms, along creases and skin folds, inside the thighs, on your face…just about anywhere…and they can be excruciating!
Boils are localized infections caused by bacteria or toxins that find their way into your skin and infect deep skin tissues. They often start out as reddened, 
tender spots which then become hard, painful nodules that fill with white blood cells (pus) and form a "head." The skin surrounding a boil is often angry, red and extremely sensitive. If the boil does not erupt and drain in some cases the skin must be lanced by a physician to clean out the infection.
Some people suffer from repeated outbreaks of boils (Furunculosis).
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Help for Boils
There are a number of treatment and prevention options for boils ranging from old-home remedies passed down over the generations to medical interventions and surgery.
The one important thing to remember is that boils are most commonly related to low immune system functioning.
By boosting the immune system, you’ll be able to prevent boils and recurrent infections.
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Symptoms
from:You can normally diagnose a boil yourself. A boil starts as a hard, red, painful lump usually less than an inch in size. Over the next few days, the lump becomes softer, larger, and more painful. Soon a pocket of pus forms on the top of the boil.
It may either continue to swell until the point bursts open and allows the pus to drain, or it may be gradually reabsorbed into the skin. It takes between one and two weeks for a boil to heal completely after it comes to a head and discharges pus. Small boils usually heal without scarring, but a large boil may leave a mark.
The bacteria that cause the boil can spread into other areas of the skin or even into the bloodstream if the skin around the boil is injured by squeezing. If the infection spreads, the patient will usually develop chills and fever, swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenitis), and red lines in the skin running outward from the boil.
These are the signs of a severe infection:
The skin around the boil becomes infected.
It turns red, painful, warm, and swollen.
More boils may appear around the original one.
A fever develops.
Lymph nodes become swollen.
Small boils usually heal without scarring, but a large boil may leave a mark.
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