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A 30-year old asked:

Can putting a hot compress on a chalazion make the chalazion better?

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A 23-year old male asked:

How hot compress make abscess to drain ? Means to say it dilute caprlies but how that make it to drain ??

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A 44-year old asked:

How hot should a hot compress be if I want to drain a zit?

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A female asked:

I'm sufferring from back pain for four days straight now. On the first day, it was hard to stand from lying down. I keep on applying hot compress. ?

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A 47-year old asked:

Knee pain, to the point of limping, should I ice or hot compress it?

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A 24-year old female asked:

I have a painful and itchy sebaceous cyst on my chest, it has been there for the past 6 months or so and has never given me any problems, however over the past weekend i started hot compress and its now itchy and painful with no centre head either?

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A 38-year old female asked about a 65-year old female:

Are epidermoid cysts benign usually? How can I get it to heal on its own? Hot compress? Its little irritated but not infected according to doc who looked at it on my back. Thank you?

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A 58-year old male asked:

Which one is better cold or hot compress for gout related swelling on right foots big toe?

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A 27-year old female asked:

My daughter has a chazlion with two styes for one month. Swelling persistent. Weve tried topical and oral antibiotics,steroid cream.Hot compress seems to make it more swollen. Not sure if its cellulitis or normal for chazlions/styes?

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A 25-year old female asked:

Have a stye when I do the hot compress I see a white head but it won't pop on its own. Then when I'm done with the compress the white head goes away?

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A 24-year old female asked:

Iam exclusively pumping for my daughter I've been noticing that my right boob keeps getting this pain in the under part,I've used hot compress ?

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A 22-year old female asked:

What do I do with two of my Chalazion on my right eyelid?.. I had my 1st one around the 4th week and my 2nd one showed up on the last week of August. I've just started treating them with hot compress yesterday but there was no sign of improvement?

1 doctor answer • 2 doctors weighed in

A 44-year old asked:

Can i put a hot compress on swollen sprain ankle?

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A 59-year old male asked:

I have varicose veins, at home is it better to apply a cold or hot compress to the vains?

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A 33-year old male asked:

Burned scrotum with hot compress. Lots of scabbed skin. How do I care for it and how long til it heals?

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A 38-year old female asked:

I used a hot compress on my chalazion and now it stings and burns and looks pudgier with some blistering. What should I do?

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A 20-year old female asked:

I have this bubble around my cheek piercing and i want to know how to get rid of without taking my piercings out? Please help . I also do hot compress

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A 20-year old female asked:

I have pimple near my vagina and it's been there for 5 days. it has gotten bigger and more painful. I tried hot compress but it doesn't come to a head?

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A 18-year old female asked:

I've had a styeand more then one chalazion on my eye.When I use hot compress it gets smaller.When i stop it gets back.Ts been there for around 4 months.But i just started using the compress.Does that mean its working?

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A 17-year old female asked:

I am experiencing abdominal pain (all over) (severity: moderate) (used hot compress for temporary relief) and headache (occurred: 1 to 3 hrs) (time frame: gradual onset) (all over).

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A 26-year old female asked:

Temple pain and blurred vision with headaches for 16 days. Hot compress feels good makes vision much worse. Why?

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A 33-year old female asked:

Why everytime i lifted some heavy stuff, i got lump in my right up of my breast, its hard and warm? Its okay if I do hot compress or cold?

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 25-year old female asked:

I have a painful (when touched) bump where my ear lobe connect to my face. Is it a cyst? No other symptoms. Should I use a hot compress? Thanks :)

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A 26-year old female asked:

I've have an abscess on my face for 2 weeks. It needs draining everyday. When will it heal? Tried: hot compress, mupirocin cream and oral minocycline.

1 doctor answer • 1 doctor weighed in

A 28-year old female asked:

What home remedy can be done for swollen hand? Or whatcan I do it's been 2 days i put hot compress and massage it i think massaging it makes it worse.

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A 23-year old female asked:

I have a boiler on my vagina and it has popped out the pus but it's not healing fast. I was using a hot cloth to apply hot compress on it. Please help?

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A 24-year old male asked:

I don't have hot compress or extra towels so I used a hair dryer on medium to blow hot air on my eye, while closed of course, cause it's developing a stye. Safe to use dryer? Seemed to help a lot.

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A 45-year old asked:

How does putting a hot compress over your eye help to get rid of a stye?

1 doctor answer • 3 doctors weighed in

A 38-year old asked:

Should I use cold or hot compress for my swollen cheek after teeth removal?

3 doctor answers • 9 doctors weighed in

A 32-year old female asked:

Please help.Is it ok to apply hot compress in my tummy? I'm currently 23 weeks pregnant.

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