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I have a hard abcess/boil under my arm in the pit. its hard and has not come to a head i only just noticed it yesterday. i am a meth addict do u think this could be the cause and what should i do its hurts so bad, its not hot like what ive seen from peopl

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See doctor: I appears that you have a infection (likely staph) which needs to be treated by a doctor. If you don't have one, go to the ER before this spreads further. Perhaps you can get some help on your meth addiction as well even though I don't believe these two events are related (unless you have been injecting the material).

Answered 10/19/2015

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A member asked:

I have a hard abcess/boil under my arm in the pit. its hard and has not come to a head i only just noticed it yesterday. i am a meth addict do u think this could be the cause and what should i do its hurts so bad, its not hot like what ive seen from peopl

A doctor has provided 1 answer

Dr. John Chiu answered

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