Re: Boils??!!!
From: Charlene (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Thu, 11 Sep 2003 18:28:09 -0500 (CDT)
Yes, I had this when I was your age....and it was usually worse when I
ate rich, high fat/high sugar/high starch foods.....at the time, my body
could not cope with these foods.....and the load literally had my body
sending this stuff out through the skin. Today.....I only get this when
my sugars are running higher than normal for me....and that is
technically not diabetic out of control, either......for me....it is a
sign that my body is running sugar levels higher than normal for
me.....and later on...my insulin production today cannot cope....so I am
diabetic.
This is related not only to PCOS, but type two diabetes. You may not be
diabetic now....but given what I know now....this is common in people
pre-diabetes. Consider it a warning.....and try changing your eating
habits.
I also spent a lot of time today and then cleaning my skin regularly,
and drinking lots of fluids....especially water. This helped. Pop was
what I drank back then...today, water does the trick in helping my body
flush stuff out instead of using my skin to do it.
At Thu, 11 Sep 2003, rebecca wrote:
>
>I had my first boil about two months ago, and it was one of the worst
>experiences of my life. It was on the back of my theigh, I thought it
>was a pimple at first. After about a week no head came up, and it was
>getting larger and more painful, to the point where I had a lot of
>trouble sitting, forget comfortably. After two weeks I finally showed
>my mother, she said it was a boil and we went to the doctor the next
>day. I was prescribed antibiotics, and from there it drained on it's
>own, after a week I was ok. Now there is still a scab/scar. But since
>this one boil, I have had an extremely bad case of pimples on my butt! I
>don't even get them this bad on my face! Right now there several, over
>10, red, swelling painful bumbs, one of them I am sure is another boil.
>I don't understand why this is happening, I washed all my sheets,
>towels, clothes after the first boil and I usually bathe thouroughly
>twice a day with antibacterial soap. I am only 17 years old, and I am
>very ashamed and embarassed. I've maintained the same sex partner for
>the past two years; unless he is cheating on me I see no way this could
>be an STD. Sex with him, though, has ceased, since I am too ashamed and
>often in too much pain to enjoy it. I don't know what is wrong with me,
>why this is happening, and I have never heard of PCOS. I am going to
>the doctor soon, but if anyone could give me ANY clue as to what the
>hell is happening to my body, I would really appreciate it.
>bulletwithwings2@yahoo.com . Thanks.
>
>At Tue, 19 Aug 2003, anonymous wrote:
>>
>>I know how u feel i think that all the time how am i ever going to let a
>>bf see my thighs!!!!! there is nothing good about this pcos its so
>>unfair
>>
>>t Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Melissa wrote:
>>>
>>>I have these reoccuring boils that appear under my armpits and in my
>>>inner thighs near my vagina. I spoke with a Dr. a couple of years ago
>>>and she said that it wasn't STD it was just boils and that they are
>>>common places to get them. Well, this was before I was diagnosed with
>>>PCOS, by another Dr. I have been reading alot about PCOS, you know, to
>>>be informed on my disease. I have seen a couple of things that say it
>>>is common for women with PCOS to get these and there is some other type
>>>of disease that causes these boils. My question is, are there any other
>>>women on this board that are going through this? There are some scary
>>>stories about women having to get them cut and drained. They are really
>>>painful at times for me and it is embarrassing. I am only 23 and
>>>single. What would my boyfriend think if he saw it. They aren't there
>>>all of the time, but, sometimes, they leave marks for a while, until
>>>gradually fading away. I NEED ADVICE!!
>>>Thanks,
>>>MElissa
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Charlene, 35 yrs
PCOS-at 19, T2 Diabetic-32
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