Furuncle
Alternate Names : Boils, Hair Follicle Infection, Infection - Hair Follicle
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Furuncle Symptoms & Signs
The lesions themselves are the primary symptoms:
- Small firm tender red nodule in skin (early)
- Fluctuant nodule (later)
- Located with hair follicles
- Tender, mildly to moderately painful
- May be single or multiple
- Usually pea-sized, but may be as large as a golf ball
- Swollen
- Pink or red
- May grow rapidly
- May develop white or yellow centers (pustules)
- May weep, ooze, crust
- May join together or spread to other skin areas
- Increasing pain as pus and dead tissue fills the area
- Decreasing pain as the area drains
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Skin redness or inflammation around the lesion
Less common symptoms include the following:
Note: Itching (pruritus) of the skin may occur before the lesion develops.
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