Mystery bumps, turn into monster boils

Valerie - posted on 05/09/2013

Wow thank you everyone i am an adult and have been going through this nightmere. the bumps start out as a pin prick then turn into small blisters, almost when the tiny blister burst it seems to tunnel deaper into the skin. Then it transforms itself into a boil that has to be drained. I have been to the ER and my DR and no body seems to know what it is.

Betty - posted on 05/07/2013

Sounds a lot like staff infection. My baby has had 3 on her bottom. Its a natural bacteria found on our skin but can also cause bad boils. They have a nose cream to help it from spreading.

Megan - posted on 03/10/2013

My daughter is getting the same thing I think I know Why.... she is 2 still on bottle because her dad and I split so I didn't want to take anything else from her. Well she will have her 3 year old brother go and refill her bottle lol so she wets her diapers at night bad. She just screams and fuses for it I thought hey it's not that big of a deal but the wetter here diaper the more it irritates here skin. It was starting to Peel her akin and then these bumps arrived. It got worse before it for better. I went n got aveno bath n soaked her in that. And let here run around in panties for a dew days and also stopped giving here the bottle. The bumps are healing now. But the trick is stay consistent change your babies diapers eveeytime they pee. N use aveeno cream it's almost gone. And I switched diapers my ex husband brought a huge pack of cheap diapers no. Name brand diapers are beat for sensitive skin. I didn't take mine to er. Because it was getting better n now I have it under control. Hope this helps

Kim - posted on 09/30/2012

I just found an article on a different website that said something about Hydradinitis Supparitava. Ask your doctor about it.

Skyla - posted on 08/11/2012

My uncle has this problem with his neck area... My son had gotten a boil from somewhere out of the blue last month, it quickly turned to staph infection which caused him to get more and more and more. Finally he got the right antibiotics for this and it has cleared up. I also had the problem in high school after borrowing a pair of pants from a friend who had once had staph. I did not know at the time that its where it came from until I noticed I would only get another boil after wearing the pants again. Staph infection can last on an object for a VERY long time even after cleaning that could be the problem with the babies crib. I had eventually been told by my grandmother to take a bleach bath, I did and havent gotten another one since, though I do not think it would be a good idea to do that with an infant. Just a little insight. Im sure all of you mothers have gotten this under control by now but there could be someone else with this same problem somewhere.

Terra - posted on 07/15/2012

My daughter is allergic to mosquito bites. When she gets bit. Its a small bump-then as the next day comes around its huge and has many blisters at the center of it. You need to go to a skin specialist to check and test what your child could be allergic to.

Rebecca - posted on 04/20/2012

OMG! We have a 22 mth old and when she was a little over a year I noticed she had what looked like an ant bite. As the days went by it became bigger and very sore. She would flench every time we would pick her up. When I took her to the doc it busted and started draining on its own, so he took a swab and said it was MRSA. A few days later her fever spiked and we had to admit her to the hospital and they gave her IV antibiotics and she had to have surgery also to lance and pack it. She was in the hospital about four days. Since then she has a break out every couple of mths and its just like you say, only around the diaper area but not in it. Never on her arms or lower legs. Its the weirdest thing and they told me several times that it was MRSA but I dont belive this is the correct diagnosis cause MRSA usually attacks open wounds and she had no wounds prior to these outbreaks nor do they look like the pics Ive seen online. I hate it cause I have to drain them everytime cause I know thats the only way they will heal and she cries so much. its so heartbreaking. Im going to take her to another doctor to get a second opinion.

Louise - posted on 04/29/2010

I really have never heard of this before. It does seem to be localised to around her but and thigh area which makes me think maybe you are right and it is the nappies. I don't know where you live in the world but if it is in a warm place and you have access to a garden then take the nappy off and let her run round without any nappy on. This should allow her backside and thgh area to breath. The skin is a very strange organ, the next time you have to take her to the doctors ask them to take a scraping of the skin and a sample of the puss to analyse to see if she has any sort of microbotic mite on her skin. You may be surprised as some mites are so small that they can not be seen by the human eye. It is just a thought as any sort of mite would go for her thigh area as it is warm, dark and moist. Worth a try! Good luck