A so-called boil is a bacterial infection of a single hair follicle and surrounding tissue. Most boils can go through the process of redness, swelling, pus, rupture and healing. And for those who cannot recover on their own, they need to go to the hospital for incision and drainage.
1. Self-drainage: boils start with localized redness and swelling, if not treated with anti-infective therapy, they will gradually turn into pus, the redness and swelling will become more painful, and with the development of the condition a white pus head will form on the central surface of the boil, which will gradually heal on its own after bursting and draining pus.
2. Surgical drainage: For some patients who cannot break the pus after the formation of boils, they need to go to the hospital for consultation, and most of them need to undergo incision and drainage under local anesthesia to clean up the tissues in the pus cavity, and then place drainage strips, sterile gauze bandage, and disinfect and change the medication on time after the operation until it is completely healed.
It is recommended that patients go to the hospital for treatment and disposal, under the guidance of professional physicians to avoid delays in treatment.