Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Vitamin b3 is supposed to help with staph infections. can it help people who get boils often? which is better for that if they were diabetic?
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Not sure about that: Not sure about vitamin b3 (niacin) helping clear boils and staph infections. That might only be the case if a person is Niacin deficient. Niacin deficiency can cause dermatitis and other skin rashes. Haven't heard people with normal (not deficient) Niacin needing any extra Niacin to heal from boils or staph infections.
Answered 4/1/2019
5.5k views
Verdict is out: I don't think there is enough evidence to support the use of vitamin B3 (niacin) for the prevention of diabetes or staph infections. The best defense is WELL-controlled diabetes (HbA1c less than 7.0)
Answered 3/13/2020
3.8k views
Related Questions
A member asked:
Keep having reoccurring boils on face. Not staph, diabetes, or herpes. What could be the cause? Dermatologist keeps giving me bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) and trimethoprim
3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Okay this is for my fiancee okay ppl say she either has a boil or a cist or a staph infection like it poped last night can some one help identify it.
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Could keflex still be working for my staph infection even if a new boil has popped up?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
A member asked:
Can you tell me, are big boil type looking sores a form of staph infection and are they contagious?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Staph infection ? Or boil? Or pimple purple coloration 1.5in width 2.0 in length 3.0 CM hieght
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
If someone caught MRSA or normal staph infection from a hospital, in how many days will lesion or abscess occur? Do you always get boils if you came in contact with mrsa or normal staph like touching anything infected with it?
I get reoccurring boils, very painful. 1 now is purple. I have gotten them since about 2013, all when I started to get an infection in my breast. Which came back as a staph something bacteria. Is it possible these boils are related? Breast is finenow?
Is an untreated staph infection dangerous? I read they usually go away on their own, but not always. How long is safe to wait before going to the doctor? Its just a boil, but ive had it for a week now.
If you have a boil on your leg is it necessarily a staph or MRSA infection?
Are alcohol based sanitizers effective against killing germs/bacterias that cause boils, MRSA or staph infection?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
