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I keep getting boils on my buttocks and groin area that hurt very much until they eventually pop on their own. When they do pop, a lot of pus and blood come out and then the pain is relieved. when they pop there is a terrible odor. Unfortunately for me, they are antibiotic resistant. They usually come back when I have a bad flare. I sometimes know when they are coming because I get a severe itch all over my body. All the docs have been able to tell me is that a high dosage of steroids can cause… read more
I do!!!! When I have a bad flare I get them and they are so painful. Mine are just as you described, too! The odor and everything. I get so upset... I feel like I am rotting from the inside out. I see my dermatologist in a couple of weeks and I'll mention that to him. I'll see what he says. He is aware of my lupus and has been very good to treat me carefully when I see him and to make sure when I've had biopsies and such to give me access to antibiotics if needed.
I'm having same issue. Ive been off lupus treatment for almost 2 months due go diverticulitis flare. I couldn't be on antibiotic an Cellcept. So I've been admitted for flare an hypoxia. I was sent home on oxygen they're trying to rule out pulmonary hypertension. My body is literally attacking itself. I'm so scared my rheumatologistis placing me back on Benlysta but it has to be affraid.
I do too!! Oh my goodness. I have them all over my butt and they are so sore. I can't get them to heal either. Is this part of Lupus?
Used to get those a lot when I was younger ...I developed a really bad infection on my leg from one when I was in my early 20's...
Sounds like MRSA. My husband and daughter had it a couple years ago and they kept coming back for a while but haven't come up since.
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