Homeopathy Treatment for Boils
Boils/Furuncle/Recurrent boils/Furunculosis/Carbuncle
A boil is just what it looks like: a big pimple. Perhaps it’s called a boil because of how it feels? Hot and painful. A boil is an infection of the hair follicle on the skin. Boils and carbuncles are bacterial infections of hair follicles and surrounding skin that form pustules (small blister-like swellings containing pus) around the hair follicle.
Boils are also known as furuncle. A carbuncle is formed when several furuncles merge to form a single deep abscess with several heads or drainage points.
Boils occur most commonly on the face, back of the neck, buttocks, upper legs and groin area, armpits, and upper torso. Carbuncles are less common than single boils; they are most likely to form at the back of the neck. Males are more likely to develop carbuncles.
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Causes of Boils/Recurrent Boils
Boils are caused due to the following reasons:-
- Boils can be caused by bacteria Staphylococcus aureus
- It can also be caused by bacteria Staphylococcus cuteus
- Diabetes
- Immunosuppression as seen in conditions like prolonged antibiotic therapy, HIV infection etc.
- poor personal hygiene
- crowded living arrangements
- jobs or hobbies that expose them to greasy or oily substances, especially petroleum products
- family members with recurrent skin infections
Symptoms of Boil
A Boil generally starts as a reddened, tender area. Over time, the area becomes firm and hard. Eventually, the center of the abscess softens and becomes filled with infection-fighting white blood cells. The combination of white blood cells, bacteria, and proteins is known as pus. Eventually, the pus “forms a head,” which eventually drains.
Signs of a severe infection are:-
- The skin around the boil becomes red, painful, and swollen;
- More boils may appear around the original one;
- Fever develops; and
- The lymph nodes draining the affected area become swollen.
- Malaise/body pains may be experienced by the patient.
Diagnosis
Your doctor can make the diagnosis of a boil with a physical exam. A culture of the infection may be needed to determine the exact type of bacteria causing the infection. If you frequently get boils, your doctor may want to do a blood test to see if you have diabetes or any other disease.
Complications of Boils/furuncle and carbuncle
Complications include the following:-
- Septicemia: Spread of infection in the blood can cause fever, chills and infections in the vital organs like brain, heart, lungs etc.
- Abscess in organs like brain, lungs, kidneys, spinal cord, and other areas of the skin
- Endocarditis: Bacterial inflammation of the heart and/or its valves.
- Osteomyelitis: Infection in the bones
Treatment of Boils
Homeopathic medicines treat the boils with its magical doses. Recurrent boils can be treated from its root as homeopathic medicines act as strong anti-inflammatory medicines. Homeopathic medicines boost up the immune system to prevent the tendency to develop recurrent bacterial infections.
The skin swelling, redness and pain can very well be treated with homeopathy. With homeopathic medicines immune system becomes strong enough to fight against the bacteria casing boils.
If homeopathic medicines are taken in the early stages of a boil, they prevent further growth and build-up of pus, and help to prevent the boil reaching stage of maturity/incision.
To find the proper remedy a homeopath collects all the past medical history of the person, his/her family history, his/her physical and psychological characteristics etc. All this information helps the homeopath to find a remedy which not only will treat the boil but will also remove the disposition to recurrent boils.
How Homeopathy helps in Recurrent Boils
- Homeopathic medicines help relieving skin inflammation and promoting healing.
- Homeopathic medicines help cleaning the blood.
- Homeopathic medicines enhance proper lymphatic drainage.
- Homeopathic medicines help improving your resistance to bacterial infections that cause boils.
Prevention of Boils
- Keep your body clean.
- You are advised to use your own belongings like towels, cosmetics and such. Sharing of such products with somebody else may result the incidence of the infection.
- Another very important method for prevention of boils is to maintain a proper diet. It would be always beneficial for you if you take up food products that are of less oil and non greasy. Fatty foods like junk foods should always be avoided and proper nutritious food like leafy green vegetables, fresh fruit juices and wholesome cereals should be included in your balanced diet schedule.
- The boils are very contagious and so you should be very cautious in case you are having some boil formation at their early stage. While treating them you must always touch them with washed hands.
- If you are suffering from persistent furunculosis, you are recommended to go to a certified physician. Furunculosis is the process that involves repeated development of boils on the skin surface. The furuncles are boils filled with pus. The bacterium causing furuncles often stays on a permanent basis in the nasal chamber of the patients who are suffering from any form of immune disorder. Patients of HIV positive are often attacked with furuncles. In fact, repeated attacks of furuncles are an indication of occurrence of the wearing out disease called diabetes.