What to do if your neck is inflamed

Inflammation of the neck can be treated with oral antibiotics if it is caused by inflammation of the lymph nodes or folliculitis. The common causative organisms are Staphylococcus aureus or hemolytic streptococcus, which are usually treated with oral cefradine, cefixime or levofloxacin. After about a week of routine treatment, the inflammation is usually under control and the pain can be relieved. If there is abscess formation in the course of treatment, the abscess needs to be incised and drained under local anesthesia, and the wound is changed at a later stage. If sebaceous cysts secondary infection, can also lead to neck inflammation, due to the sebaceous gland opening is blocked after the formation of lumps, the internal is tofu dregs of material, especially easy to secondary bacterial infections and the formation of abscesses, once the formation of abscesses need to be incised under local anesthesia to drain the pus, and then the wound change, but also need to be the sebaceous gland of the envelope intact removal out.