I have a large hard bump on my right hip. It kind of looks like a pimple but has no head to it and is larger. When pressed on you can feel stuff in it but when you squeeze it blood and a brown liquid comes out. Does anyone know what this might be ?
Get to a doctor tomorrow. Don't let it wait or let them tell you "we can't see you for a week." It could be nothing or it could be serious. I would never, ever lance something on my own as someone suggested -- you could end up doing exactly the wrong thing entirely.
See a doctor instead of asking here, and see one immediately.
Make sure it does not turn into a Staph infection.
See a Doctor.
You might need antibiotics.
Do NOT squeeze it.
Boils, if it is that, is a skin infection.
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/guide/b...
Or it could be something like Cellulitis.
http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/tc/cell...
But anyway, you need to see a Doctor to get it properly diagnosed.
Don't guess.
I had a bump on my elbow once, similar to yours, and I saw a Doctor and I had to take antibiotics for it.
The Doctor said DO NOT squeeze it.
Things like this can get infected. Badly.
Could be a boil like Ruby suggested, or it could be a pimple, ingrown hair, or spider bite. Or even a granuloma in the making. I've had all of the above, and I've had the best luck with lancing for all of them. If you can feel stuff in there and there is no head, you need to make a pathway for it to get out. I use a tiny needle sterilized with rubbing alcohol. Pierce it, and gently squeeze from outside the infected area. Wipe it really good with peroxide when you get done.
I once did this with a spider bit and the amount of goop that came out was truely amazing. Found out a week later when I visited the doctor for another issue that had I not done this, the venom and infection trapped in my leg would have continued to eat away at the flesh and caused serious damage and probably would have needed surgery.
To doc ASAP please. Do not touch!
It could be a boil. They hurt like crazy. Usually about the size of a quarter or 50 cent peice.
Okay this sounds silly but I swear it works. Put a cabbage leaf on it for a few hours and it will come to a head and burst. Then you have to squeeze all the gunk out of it. I would wear some kind of rubber gloves. My daughter had one on her butt years ago, it was reoccurring, someone told us to do this and it worked and never came back. The gunk smells bad, really bad. I used a wash cloth wrung out in warm salt water and squeezed and squeezed for over 2 hours but we got rid of it.
You can also go to a doctor and get it looked at and if it is a boil the doctor will lance it.
Ugg could you have put TMI in the title? I was eating while reading this. LOL
Sounds like a boil - especially if it is also tender to touch. I get them very frequently as a result of ingrown hairs and simply lance them with a small lance they make for diabetics and very gently squeeze out the contents. I disinfect the skin with an alcohol swab before and after lancing and apply a bandaid with some OTC antibiotic ointment. I also keep a very close eye on it to catch any complications if they come up (never have).
However if you are unsure about what you are dealing with you should see a doctor. The doctor or nurse can also show you how to lance them while avoiding getting an infection.
Good luck.
My niece who is early 20s had same thing, a bump on her hip/area of crease of her thigh. She thought it was a zit or boil and watched it a few days and it got harder and more painful and suddenly got worse. She went to ER to see if they could lance or what it was and it was MRSA, a very dangerous infection. They admitted her and kept her for a couple days while they removed it, got her on heavy antibiotics and git the infection under control. She had to go home and continue antibiotics for awhile but finally recovered before it spread. They weren't sure how she got it. But she was a teacher in an orphanage school and they said daycare centers and schools have do many germs they think she may have picked it up there.
Then a few years later, My hubby had a similar infection in his arm. What started out as a little bump suddenly swelled up and got hard and red and very painful. He got a fever and we took him to the ER. They diagnosed his as cellulitis. He had to stay there fir several hours on a strong antibiotic and some other med while they did some tests. They finally released him but made him take more antibiotics for a week. They found a small cut on his finger that they thought was the entry point for the infection...and hubby recalled that the cut was from visiting the Kohl children's museum in Chicago with our son--he'd jammed his finger and cut it while playing in one of the play exhibits with our son...in a place with thousands of kids and germs!!
Long stories , sorry. But I would recommend to go to ER or detmatologist right away. Do not wait. In both cases above doctors said go get seen by docs if you have anything that looks infected!
It's a trip to the doctor.
I could list of 25 things it MIGHT be... but a doctor could actually tell you.
Aw, shucks. Here's the short list:
- Pimple / Boil
- Ingrown hair
- Folliculitis (bacterial, viral, or fungal)
- Bacterial infection (dozens of common kinds)
- Viral infection (dozens of common kinds)
- Fungal infection (dozens of common kinds)
- Cyst (about 20 common kinds)
- Parasite (insect, worm, etc.)
- Spider Bite
- Egg sac (insect, worm, etc.)
- Foreign Body
(pencil led from 3rd grade when Jimmy got you to a bead, to an undisolved suture, to all kinds of stuff..things migrate in the body. I knew a boy who slid down the stairs on his mum's ironing board, got a needle in his rear, and it exited out his thumb)
- Bone fragment
- the list goes on, and on, and on.
And whaddaya know <grin> instead of 25, you got about 200 possible things on the list
But 5 minutes with the doctor, and labs on the exudate -if cause not immediately apparent-, will actually tell you.
For your own peace of mind go to the doc or ER, they will probably drain it, ask some questions, take a few tests and get things resolved.
It sounds like you have a boil. It will spread if you mess with it. You need to get to the ER and they will take care of this. You must go by their directions too.
Spreading can turn into sepsis (blood poisoning.) Please go get seen!
Dawn
