Anatomy of a Boil

My doctor tells me I have some kind of virus and over the past few years I have been blessed form time to time with boils.

They are painful and quite disgusting, even more so when lanced and all the nastiness squeezed out of them.

I now have one on my finger, which is new, and I thought I would share it with you, being Christmas and all.

Normally, you’d see a white puss bubble in the middle but I jabbed it this morning with the hope that the shit within would find release. Alas, it did not, and now it hurts like hell. We’ll see if the doctor has any better luck today!

Now, go back and enjoy your meal.

jdshares

Mr. Smith … what you did is very dangerous … you could release the puss into your blood stream and get all your organs infected … including your heart …

WOuldn’t the virus already BE in my blood stream?

And what heart? :smiling_imp:

You have to squeeze this REALLY REALLY hard, but when they finally pop, the pus shoots a really long way, and the pleasurable sensation increases accordingly.

Self-surgery is good, too. If you don’t like knives, scissors, or nail clippers you can always try just gnawing it off. That’s what I do with the ones on my toes. Tastes like Tibetan cheese.

[quote]I now have one on my finger, which is new[/quote]Kewl…

[quote=“Screaming Jesus”]You have to squeeze this REALLY REALLY hard, but when they finally pop, the pus shoots a really long way, and the pleasurable sensation increases accordingly.
[/quote]

Yes, I have done that on a BIG one on my leg, right above my knee. It shot halfway across the shower in a steady stream of blackish goo.

Pleasure? Uhm, ah no, but I am ready to put up a good fight if I am ever tortured.

Lovely.

Back in high school, I had one of those suckers on my nose.
I stayed home for a few days… I didn’t post it on the freaking 'net.
Yucky.

JD,
Ever see a movie called How to Get Ahead in Advertising? You might not want to lance that boil.

[quote=“Jaboney”]Lovely.

Back in high school, I had one of those suckers on my nose.
I stayed home for a few days… I didn’t post it on the freaking 'net.
Yucky.[/quote]

you posted your grotesque toes ya freak. :raspberry:

Chicken foot! Me toes is great. It’s that damn rooster spur thingy, and it’s better since I had my skates punched out.

Besides, that doesn’t turn my skin into some kind of bubble paper play thing. ewww…

Nutmeg … eat lot’s of nutmeg …

[quote=“Jaboney”]Chicken foot! Me toes is great. It’s that damn rooster spur thingy, and it’s better since I had my skates punched out.

Besides, that doesn’t turn my skin into some kind of bubble paper play thing. ewww…[/quote]

Bubble paper? Nah, it’s that big now, but feels more like a hard grape.

So anyway, Saturday night, my finger had swollen up so much that, despite seeing the dr at the local clininc and get antibiotics on Friday, the swelling and redness had shot up my hand and started going up my wrist, seemingly along my vein-route, I decided at 10pm to head to the ER. The pain was for the most part intolerable and I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep through the night.

Diagnosis: cellulitis.[quote]
Cellulitis (sel-u-LI-tis) is a potentially serious bacterial infection of your skin. Cellulitis appears as a swollen, red area of skin that feels hot and tender, and it may spread rapidly.

Skin on the face or lower legs is most commonly affected by this infection, though cellulitis can occur on any part of your body. Cellulitis may be superficial — affecting only the surface of your skin — but cellulitis may also affect the tissues underlying your skin and can spread to your lymph nodes and bloodstream.

Left untreated, the spreading bacterial infection may rapidly turn into a life-threatening condition. That’s why it’s important to recognize the signs and symptoms of cellulitis and to seek immediate medical attention if they occur.[/quote]

mayoclinic.com/health/cellulitis/DS00450

So, I spent the last two days sitting in a hospital bed, on a diet of IV, having young nurses squeeze the puss out of my finger twice daily leaving me in indescribable agony.

Good part was, I read a lot and got to final watch the rest of the first season of Lost.

My advice: if you get one of these damn things on your body, anywhere, get thee to a DR and get on antibiotics SOON. Don’t wait. As you too may be stuck in a room next to Wheezing Mucus Snoring Man.

Seriously, the thing was red for a week before I went to the clinic. I had been putting an antibacterial cream on it to no avail and in 24 hours it became so severe that the ER Dr admitted me in five minutes.

Ok, I’m not big on running to see the doc, but waiting while it’s red for a week??? I hope the doc chewed you out but good when admitting you.

[quote=“jdsmith”]So, I spent the last two days sitting in a hospital bed, on a diet of IV, having young nurses squeeze the puss out of my finger twice daily leaving me in indescribable agony.[/quote]Sorry to hear this, JD. Sounds horrible (well, apart from the nurses bit). Hope it’s completely better soon.

You bloody eejit, you couldn’t help but keep squeezing it, right? You pushed the infectious gunk through the surrounding tissues. The “virus” isn’t the issue, what matters is the pus and crap where the baddie bugs are duplicating. That’s why you don’t go stabbing it with pins and squeezing it like a cow tit.

Glad you’re better . . did they lance the damned thing?

HG

[quote=“Huang Guang Chen”]You bloody eejit, you couldn’t help but keep squeezing it, right? You pushed the infectious gunk through the surrounding tissues. The “virus” isn’t the issue, what matters is the pus and crap where the baddie bugs are duplicating. That’s why you don’t go stabbing it with pins and squeezing it like a cow tit.

Glad you’re better . . did they lance the damned thing?

HG[/quote]

Well, it wasn’t the first one I’ve had by a long shot, and squeezing the crap out of the other ones while taking the bag-o-pills worked before. I guess that because the hand isn’t as meaty as the thigh, the bacteria, not virus I was told, got into my bloodstream. The Dr gave me a choice yesterday of A) going home and applying cream and taking superantibiotics, or B) staying another day and having minor surgery to slice open and scape out the remaining puss in my finger and hand. Yeah :unamused: , well, I’m home.

Live and learn.

And wtf, nurses don’t wear skirts anymore? :raspberry:

Easy. For the record I’d like it known that I never did!

HG

[quote=“jdsmith”]
Well, it wasn’t the first one I’ve had by a long shot, and squeezing the crap out of the other ones while taking the bag-o-pills worked before. I guess that because the hand isn’t as meaty as the thigh, the bacteria, not virus I was told, got into my bloodstream. The Dr gave me a choice yesterday of A) going home and applying cream and taking superantibiotics, or B) staying another day and having minor surgery to slice open and scape out the remaining puss in my finger and hand. Yeah :unamused: , well, I’m home.

Live and learn.

And wtf, nurses don’t wear skirts anymore? :raspberry:[/quote]

Hi jd, good to hear your doing OK, and … should I say … told you so … :wink:

And, maybe it’s time to start praying that you didn’t get MRSA in the hospital … :s