Question 1

what is the common dosage of augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) for curing carbuncles on scalp?

Accepted Answer

Augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate): Augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) 875 mgs taken twice a day for 10-14 days.

Question 2

how can i het rid of a stubbon boil that turned into a carbuncle on my scalp without surgery?

Accepted Answer

Moist heat: What you might try is using moist heat to get it to start draining on its own. The treatment will take about a week and will likely be very painful when you start squeezing pus out of it. The best, safest thing to do is to have your doc drain it. They will make a small incision and make sure everything is drained out over several days, all with local anesthetic. Very safe, the way to go.

Question 3

what is the common dose of augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate) to cure scalp carbuncles?

Accepted Answer

Augmentin (amoxicillin and clavulanate): Depending on the severity of the scalp carbuncles, any other health conditions you have, a reasonable dose could be 500 mg three times a day or 875 mg two times a day.  This is just a normal dose range for your age and condition.  Other conditions you might have may not make the dose above appropriate for you.

Question 4

what is a carbuncle?

Accepted Answer

Staph infection: A skin infection, usually caused by staphylococcus. In the early modern world, a "carbuncle" was a special type of gemstone, and the ugly-but-colorful pus-producing lesion was named for it. These are easy to treat with drainage and antibiotics.

Question 5

i've heard different things. what exactly is carbuncle?

Accepted Answer

Bacterial infection: It is a boil on the skin which affects the deep portions of the area. It needs to be drained to allow the pus out. It will be packed and drainage will continue for a few days resulting in a scar at the site. If there are more than one lesion than oral antibiotics will be prescribed.

Question 6

my carbuncle seems to have a string like worm thing. should i be worried?

Accepted Answer

Carbuncle: Carbuncle is a skin infection that often involves a group of hair follicles. The infected material forms a lump, which occurs deep in the skin and may contain pus. What you describe as worms is nothing more than pus.

Question 7

are carbuncles and boils sexually transmitted ?

Accepted Answer

Sex and the Skin: Close intimate contact can certainly be a means by which skin contamination occurs.  Most often viral illness is spread, such as herpes virus, hepatitis and papilloma virus.  Bacterial cross-contamination can also occur but this is different from actual infection.  Carbuncles and furuncles often occur in response to bacterial invasion, often from bacteria already present and thus unrelated to sex.

Question 8

what is the difference between a boil and carbuncle?

Accepted Answer

Single vs multiples: Boils and carbuncles are painful, pus-filled bumps that form under your skin when hair follicles become inflammed and infected by bacteria. Boils (furuncles) usually start as red, tender lumps. The lumps quickly fill with pus, grow larger and more painful until they rupture and drain. A carbuncle is a cluster of boils that form a connected area of infection under the skin.

Question 9

how does a carbuncle look?

Accepted Answer

Large red bump: Looks like a large red boil or bump with yellow pus coming to a head. Can start very small as a pimple but then get infected and filled with pus and become very large like a golfball.

Question 10

has everyone had a carbuncle?

Accepted Answer

No: It  is common but only a few percent of the population is prone to skin infections that require to drained. Certain individuals are colonized by MRSA and experience repeat infections .Isolated lesions are drained, multiple lesions require antibiotics and preventive measures such as vitamin c and skin cleansers.

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I've heard different things. what exactly is carbuncle?

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