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A member asked:

My abscess popped and i tried getting all the pus out but it keeps trying to fill up. what do i do?

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Several things: With symptoms this complex, you owe it to yourself to call your doctor to help you make sense out of them.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 10/24/2017

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