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Is this a boil, a spider bite or a huge pimple?

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It's on my butt cheek and I had it since last Saturday night. It appeared all of a sudden after I got out of the spa from getting a 1 hour massage. I didn't shower after the massage because I had to go to the movies right after. Bad idea because I ended up all oily and didn't really get rid of the oils before changing.

It is very painful, it had a white head, it is the size of a nickel. I've been popping it everyday, there is pus everyday but I still have it. It had a black dot in the middle which is now gone. Although I pop it, the area around it is still swollen and kinda hard and although I press there nothing comes out. I don't know if it is my skin swollen from draining it so much. It is slightly smaller today and when I popped it I got blood along with pus for the first time. Nasty I know, it is my first time getting this.

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  1. does sound like a boil.


  2. Boil from all the oil if it were a spider bite it would be a sore in the middle and the skin would start to die and turn black get some black salve and put it on and put a band aid over it for a couple days then hot compresses or hot bath ought to cure it.

  3. boil

  4. I think this is a spider bite but I am not sure.What leads me to this conclusion is the black dot in the middle but I am not sure at all.But I am only 13

  5. better go to the doctor!!!!  you might have that nasty MRSA infection thats really common right now. Even if it isnt MRSA its still a nasty staff infection and you need antibiotics to get rid of it. Dont let it go too far. I would also think twice about that spa.  

  6. i would go to a doctor and check to see if it is a MRSA infection...Staph skin infections, including MRSA, generally start as small red bumps that resemble pimples, boils or spider bites. These can quickly turn into deep, painful abscesses that require surgical draining. Sometimes the bacteria remain confined to the skin. But they can also penetrate into the body, causing potentially life-threatening infections in bones, joints, surgical wounds, the bloodstream, heart valves and lungs.

    you can go to mayoclinic.com for more information

  7. Im not really sure,

    but you should get it checked by a doctor.

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