Help! is this some skin infection?

It's in my groin area,


when it started out it was just a little bump that pus came out of and i didn't think much of it, but it has been growing twice in size everyday since then, it has slowed down a lot now but it looks like it is still spreading. now it has taken up almost my whole groin, is the size of a nurf ball but is hard and continues to leak out this blood-like substance that look like it's from that scifi movie The Thing.

Help! is this some skin infection?
Sounds like a boil. I had one before and had to go to the doctor for it..he gave me antibiotics and lanced it. You need to get to the doctor and let him tend to it for you.
Reply:Go see a doctor, get an STD test just in case and they should know, I would recommend a doctor just because you can't always trust people over the internet
Reply:Go to a doctor.
Reply:sounds like you have a boil. go to the doctor, and they will lance it. it could get very infected, and you could get sick... keep in dry and clean.
Reply:Go to the doctor you moron! Minute Clinic or urgent care even, geez, don't walk around with a ball between your legs unless you are MALE.
Reply:GET TO A DOCTOR ASAP!!!





that sort of thing shouldn't be ignored or put off any longer
Reply:It's either a boil, a carbuncle or a cyst. Get to your dermatologist ASAP. This must be removed surgically.
Reply:Ok-you haven't seen a doctor for this yet!!!???


You need to see a doctor. It definately sounds like some kind of inf and it sound like it is speading fast. It may just need antibiotics right now or you may have to have what it called an I+D (incision and drainage). They may have to surgically cut into the tissue and express the larger portion of infection out so that they can get the area to heal up.


But please see you doctors ASAP!!!
Reply:there was a rash going around in my area too and I got it but nothing like that. If you live with your parents tell your parents but you should see a doctor either way. This could be serious
Reply:Simple jock itch fungal ointment would fix it, or it might be a spider bite, but regardless must visit a doctor before it spreads to the blood stream.
Reply:it sounds like you may have an infected boil. Please see your doctor, the groin area has very sensitive skin. If you let go too long, it could be very painful. It may have to be surgically removed.
Reply:Sounds like a condition called hidradentis suppurativa. You NEED to have this treated before it causes what are called sinuses and spreads the condition to other areas.





Go see a dermatologist - they are very familiar with this condition and will drain the area, and put you on medications that will help prevent it from spreading. One very promising treatment is Accutane - the derm I used to work for was a pioneer in the use of it for treating this condition, and it works pretty well.
Reply:Go see a doctor before you get septic... and if you do, for the love of god, don't post it on Yahoo! answers and ask a whole website of idiots and, at best, amateurs doctors.
Reply:That is most likely a Bartholin Cyst. I had one that would reoccur every year or so until the doctor did a procedure called marsupialization to prevent the gland from closing fully which prevented the cyst from growing. It sounds like it may be absessed and I would get in with the doctor as soon as you can. He will drain it by either cutting it open or inserting a needle and draining it. This is the only way to get rid of it.





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