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I'm suffering from chronic abscess and/or staph infection! what to do?
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MD today: IF you have an abscess that will not go away or get better it needs to be drained. See either your doctor ER or local surgeon. Likely you will need drainage and possibly antibiotics
Answered 8/26/2017
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