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My son has a pimple like sore on the back of his arm resembles a spider bite looks like it has a yellow kind of puss inside and it very hard?

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Dr. Katharine Cox answered

Specializes in Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Abscess: It may have started out as a bite but it know sounds like infection or an abscess and should be drained and likely treated with antibiotics. All the best.

Dr Haghighat agreed

Answered 8/10/2015

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