What is your body lacking when you get boils

A boil is an infection that affects groups of hair follicles and nearby skin tissue.

Related conditions include folliculitis, an inflammation of one or more hair follicles, and carbunculosis, a skin infection that often involves a group of hair follicles.

Boils are very common. They are most often caused by the bacteria Staphylococcus aureus. They can also be caused by other types of bacteria or fungi found on the skin's surface. Damage to the hair follicle allows the infection to grow deeper into the follicle and the tissues under it.

My boil is bleeding but no pus

Boils may occur in the hair follicles anywhere on the body. They are most common on the face, neck, armpit, buttocks, and thighs. You may have one or many boils. The condition may occur only once or it can be a long-lasting (chronic) or recurring problem.

A boil may begin as tender, pinkish-red, and swollen, on a firm area of the skin.

Over time, it will feel like a water-filled balloon or cyst.

Pain gets worse as it fills with pus and dead tissue.

Boil healing stages pictures

Pain lessens when the boil drains. A boil may drain on its own. More often, the b

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