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Red pustules

Red pustules

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How long it usually lasts:

Short-term (lasts days to weeks)

How common it is:

Common

Body locations

Skin

Is Symptom of

Infected hair follicle (folliculitis)
Condition
Super bug (methicillin-resistant staph. aureus; MRSA)
Condition
Carbuncle
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A 32-year old asked:

What are very thin and red pustules on the skin?

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A 46-year old asked:

How can I get rid of red pustules and marks on my skin?

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A 34-year old asked:

Are the red pustules under my eyes eczema?

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A 31-year old asked:

I have a lot of red pustules, could it be razor burns or the start of ingrown hairs?

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A member asked about a female:

After being diagnosed w/genital herpes noticed small red pustules around face, neck, chest area. Consistently/seemingly same exact locations?

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A 20-year old male asked:

Have a question, I have a serious itch, and red pustules around the grooming area! That itches when it gets dry! I try to us gold bond and other powders but it's very uncomfortable and it's like acne but itchy.... ?

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A 49-year old female asked:

Itchy red pustules on scalp after going to hair salon 6 yrs ago.Now all over body except face.Allergy or follicultis.Allergy meds & prednisone no help?

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A 21-year old female asked:

Pain=7 cheek swelling. Lump mouth bottom gum line.Freely moving white pustule pops, bleeds turns in2 red pustule. Disappears&reappears always samespot?

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A 20-year old female asked about a 49-year old female:

What is the best way to treat an abscess/pustule on the rear of the thigh? There is pain, but no signs of redness or swelling. Thank you!

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A 24-year old male asked:

Can a male yeast infection present very small white pustules accompanied by pain, itching, and redness? This is only on the scrotum.

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A 59-year old male asked:

There is an insect Bite or a pustule on front side of lower left leg. It may or may not be an insect bite. there was some pus and redness spread around the area and there seems to be inflammation in the vicinity as well as on the ankle. Any treatment?

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A 22-year old female asked:

I am experiencing rash in armpit (quality: pustules or pimples) , skin redness or irritation, itchy rash (severity: severe) (quality: severe itchi... bumps and red on outer elbows armpits and buttocks. Benadryl cream and pills not working?

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A 47-year old asked:

I keep getting red sore pustules under my eyes, could it be eczema?

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A 56-year old male asked:

I've had a red, itchy rash (thigh) for two months. 2 prescribed steroids-no relief. It's now painful and red with little pustules. Thoughts?

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A female asked:

My 9 year old has had an unbreakable fever above 39 for 3 days, just getting worse instead of better. Red throat with pustules, runny nose and cough ?

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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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A 34-year old female asked:

Red flat rash, no pustules / oozing. Small red pin dots around area. Isolated to corners of mouth, no where else. See profile picture for image. ?

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A 30-year old asked about a 30-year old male:

I have a rash on my neck and chest - red rash with small pustules. What could it be? Do I need to go to the doctor? FYI, I was taking cloremephenicol capsules as I feel off a bike and wanted to prevent infection. Thanks

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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 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 37-year old male asked:

I have a weird mark on my stomach that looks pretty red. I think it was an ingrown hair and I tried to PPP the pustule. What should I do to help this heal?

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A 56-year old male asked:

Red, itchy rash on thigh-2 months. 2 different prescribed steroids failed. Now it's painful w/pustules. Thoughts?

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A 34-year old female asked about a female:

My daughter has developed a rash on corners of mouth. Red, flat, and has very small dots at edges. No oozing or pustules. ?

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A 28-year old female asked:

Will follicular acne leave permanent scaring from the red marks? I had a pretty bad initial break out from Accutane papules and pustules only .

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A 54-year old female asked:

Help. have pustules on palms n fingers. yellowish in color. hard not easy to pop. pops byself n leaves dark brown red color n blister skin. Staph?

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A 63-year old female asked:

Flat round red spot about the size of pinkie tip appeared on lower leg yesterday. No bite marks, no pustule, no itch. Feel sm lump under skin. Age 63?

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A 19-year old female asked:

Due to my medium cystic acne i got prescribed epiduo forte. Since 4 days im using this treatement. I got a lot of new inflammation (pustules) on my breakout areas. My skin is oily and extremly dry. The skin peels exzessivly and the face is red?

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A 34-year old female asked:

Sore throat with swollen tonsil on R side. Lg white pustule with smaller ones on tonsil and red spots around it. Dry cough no fever. Viral or bacteria?

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A 28-year old male asked:

I am experiencing skin sores, itchy rash (severity: severe) (quality: severe itching) (side: scalp) , rash in armpit (quality: pustules or pimples) , itch, leg numbness and skin rash (quality: itchiness, blisters, crusty, bumpy, red or bluish purple, fla

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A 23-year old male asked:

Hello, I need help to differentiate a skin allergy or infection from herpes. I have itchy pustules with red base on the thighs and belly button?

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