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Pustule
A pustule is a pimple-like lesion that is filled with pus, a white/yellow mixture of white blood cells and bacteria.
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What do you recommend for pustule?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: pustule?
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A 21-year old male asked:
What is the difference between an abscess and a pustule?
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A 34-year old asked:
Do pustules scar easily?
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A 47-year old asked:
I have a white pustule on the shaft of my penis? Wth?
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A 47-year old asked:
There's a spot on my waist reminiscent of a small pustule. How do I remove this?
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A 32-year old asked:
Sudden appearance of pustule on my elbow overnight; what could it be? Should I break it?
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A 30-year old male asked:
About a week back I have started getting quite a lot of small pustules and excessive skin shedding on my face. Whats causing it?
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A male asked:
Can I use ichthammol ointment on pustules that haven't came to surface yet. I have clear skin, but here and their a pustle may appear?
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A 43-year old asked:
Should i pop pustules from fire ant bites?
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A 36-year old asked:
How can I prevent miniature pustules from errupting on my face?
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A male asked:
Can tretinoin be used on top of pustules? Is it helpful?
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A 32-year old asked:
What are very thin and red pustules on the skin?
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A 30-year old male asked:
Is ipl treatment likely to help with flushing and pustules?
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A 34-year old asked:
What is the difference between an abscess pustule and furuncle?
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A female asked:
My scalp is inflamed with large and small pustules. They hurt very much at times. Could this be mrsa?
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A 24-year old female asked:
Insect bite that started out as a red dot that 48 hours later is a red ring with a white non pustule center. ?
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A 38-year old male asked:
What causes pustules to form in a circular patten on the back of my right thigh? This has happened thrice without warning.
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A 52-year old female asked:
Painful fluid filled pustules on scalp pop and pain is gone but they come back all over scalp and have 6 to 8 at a time. Sometimes none at all.
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A 24-year old male asked:
Sometimes i feel severe itching around my anus, once or twice a day. I examined and found a tiny pustule there. What is the matter with me. Plz help.
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A male asked:
Do acne pustules leave scars or only hyperpigmentation?
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A male asked:
How do I treat a pustule inside nose? What caused it?
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A 46-year old asked:
What's the difference between acne and a folliculitis pustule?
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A 18-year old female asked:
I get these huge pustules on my hands and thighs every now and then. They're painful sometimes . What do i do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
Sometimes I have pustule in my vagina after some days it ll vanish automatically what is the reason behind this..........?
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A 27-year old female asked:
For 3 months i've had sore, clear liquid filled pustules. I don't have insurance and want to know if I should be seen by a dr.
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A male asked:
Son has itches which when scratched arise from deep within skin. They do not heal but develop watery pustules, which bleed, dry up then return?
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A 35-year old female asked:
On day 5 of keflex (7 day course) for vulvar folliculitus. Has helped a bit but noticed some new pustules growing. Should they be cleared up by now?
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A member asked:
Painful pustules. Some are red and flat and some are red and have swelling. There are about 50 of them from my shoulders to my torso. Some on chest.?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Got bit.1st looked like a flea bite then got itchy & bright red.It formed a pustule &now has spread & bigger- it has a white ring around it-what is it?
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