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What to do if i'm getting boils in my buttocks. have no diabetes and don't want to take medicines.natural therapy possible?

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Dr. Liesa Harte answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

MRSA?: You should be evaluated and have those boils cultured! You might have an important infection that natural therapies won't help. I'm the first to choose natural over prescription, but you need to be checked.

Answered 7/19/2014

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