Skin abscess is an inflammatory disease of the skin following infection, more often bacterial infection. At the site of damage to the skin, a painful formation is formed in the form of a cavity filled with pus. This cavity is enclosed in a capsule, which is a kind of barrier for penetrating the infection deep into healthy tissues.
Treatment of skin abscess
Treatment of the abscess of the skin is a surgical operation. In this case, the capsule is opened, then washed with an antiseptic solution and drained. After the operation, the patient is prescribed a course of antibiotics. Superficial abscesses of the skin are opened and treated in the polyclinic. In this case, a bandage with saline solution or antiseptic ointment is applied to the formed wound and physiotherapeutic procedures are prescribed. Abscesses that occur under the skin are called subcutaneous. Very often, their appearance is associated with a large number of intramuscular injections.
Multiple Skin Abscesses
In medical practice, this disease is known as pseudofurunculosis Figner. Most often it occurs in young children as a result of improper care. Sometimes the cause of multiple abscesses of the skin may be increased sweating or complication of common diseases. The disease is characterized by the appearance of small subcutaneous formations filled with purulent contents. Multiple abscesses are subject to autopsy with further use of antibiotic therapy .
Abscess of facial skin
This type of skin abscess is quite common, since a large number of sebaceous glands are located on the skin of the face. The most common pustular inflammation appears on the nose and on the outside of the ear. It carries the danger of the possibility of spreading the infection inside the skull and requires careful examination and adequate treatment.