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About 5 mins ago i got an itchy underarm so i scratched and it was still itchy so had a look at what was there and i noticed a scab so i picked it and then without thinking i squeezed it and all this yellowy gunk came out, there was ALOT of it! And now there is a lump about the size of a 10c peice there. Its very sore now and when i squeeze lots of fluid comes out..
Does anyone know what it could be, an ingrown hair? Should i get it checked out??
Is the area red? Or does it feel warm?
If there is a lot of stuff coming out it is probably infected which will require some treatment so I would be going to the Dr.
sounds like an infected cut from shaving or maybe an ingrown hair. stop squeezing - the fluid you are getting now will be plasma that is there to try and carry antibodies to heal and fight infection. the inflammation is pretty normal - again, part of the inflammatory response. leave it be for at least 12 hours, and see after that if it is better or worse/no change - then head to the doctors
it's quite possible it was just a big pimple under your arm from sweating and stuff - the size of it NOW is related to your body sending all the lymphatic fluid to help heal it now though
It could have been a sebaceous cyst from an ingrown hair. I'd get it looked at to be sure.
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Did the stuff that came out look like cottage cheese?
could be a sebaceous cyst too. I often get them there and in my groin.
eta should have refreshed before I posted :doh:
it might be something like that - i wouldn't panic about the size or what it is til you give it some time to settle after being attacked though.
Yes it did look like cottage cheese :sick:
I will leave it be and if its not better ill see a doctor
If it's a sebaceous cyst, the sac has to be surgically removed or it will just fill up again and come back
^^^ yeah that.
DH had one on his back for yeeeeeears - every now and again "popping it" it'd some back with vengance. then the day before we got married he went to the Dr 'parrintly it ended up on the wall :sick: so head to the GP and get them to have a look at is. they might give you AB's they did with DH
Hahaha if it were me I would be picking it apart with a needle!
BUT DONT DO THAT :p
As others have said, leave it alone and get a DR to look at it if it gets worse, doesn't go away etc!
Its why i havent told DP about it. He has ALWAYS wanted something like this so he could squeeze all the gunk out of it :sick::
tehehehe i feel like the only person assuming it's nothing major and waiting it out! i am someone that is prone to swelling like that around any "injury" - it's part of how i heal - so i tend to not panic unless it doesn't heal itself in a day or two
the cottage cheesy thing is something i get every now and again - always in a different spot, so it's not like it is a cyst refilling - i got one checked and the quack said it was more like a pimple with a build up of gunk in it from my BO basher! so now i work on the principle of giving it a day to settle down before i start thinking it's anything more than a pimple in a bad place.
ooh, the last one i had was just after coming back from holiday - it was huge and nasty - and the redness spread from my armpit half way to my elbow - it swelled up nasty bad like you explained, relieved some pressure, then left it for 48 hours before deciding if it needed seeing to - it's now pretty much gone so it's obviously heeling itself:
Oh that sounds awful. I'm glad its almost gone.:
I too like to wait things out, i hate seeing doctors.. especially something like this. I have really bad BO and i know ill gas the poor doctor LOL
Oh have you tried rexona clinical protection? Love the stuff:
wasn't the best! but the swelling mostly came when i squeezed it (as you do lol) and the heeling stuff was happening - now there is minimal anything at all there - i think it's just cos i keep poking it that i'm even aware it was there:
No i havent. Though i use the garnia 48 hour deoderant and i still have to reapply that twice a day on a really hot day:
rexona = really good anti BO stuff. i sweat *alot* an its the only one that stop teh stench. nothing stop the sweat. i'm kind of the female version of the "premature perperation" guy from the lynx add :rofl:
omg me too!!! though its not just from my arm pits that i sweat a lot but my face and my back. Urgh its gross!!!:
I did show DP as he asked what was gross on FB and said it could be a blocked sweat duct or an ingrown hair and then was sadface that he missed me squeezing it LOL
I find that one ok for just normal activity, but the moment I move about a bit more, it just packs it in completely. Another sweaty one here :(: