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<blockquote data-quote="picklebean" data-source="post: 224574" data-attributes="member: 38236"><p>I suffer from these and my GP said it's fairly common for people with diabetes if their sugars aren't very well controlled.... mine aren't! I get them particularly in my groin area and they're extremely uncomfortable! Sometimes they get as big as golf balls in a big lump under the skin - horrid!</p><p></p><p>My GP was pretty clued up on it and I now phone for antibiotics as soon as I get a flare up.</p><p></p><p>It can get complicated when antibiotics aren't working but it helps to be able to get a swab of the fluid inside the cyst so they can give you specific antibiotics rather than a more general one. But the real problem comes when you keep getting them repeatedly and they begin to form tracts where they link up with each other - at that point you sometimes have to consider having them surgically removed. Getting antibiotics quickly is the best way to go for me!</p><p></p><p>I'm sorry you're suffering with this. It's not a nice or easy thing to deal with. Perhaps you might find it helpful to change to a GP who knows a bit more about diabetes care because my GP seemed to know it was fairly common for diabetics!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="picklebean, post: 224574, member: 38236"] I suffer from these and my GP said it's fairly common for people with diabetes if their sugars aren't very well controlled.... mine aren't! I get them particularly in my groin area and they're extremely uncomfortable! Sometimes they get as big as golf balls in a big lump under the skin - horrid! My GP was pretty clued up on it and I now phone for antibiotics as soon as I get a flare up. It can get complicated when antibiotics aren't working but it helps to be able to get a swab of the fluid inside the cyst so they can give you specific antibiotics rather than a more general one. But the real problem comes when you keep getting them repeatedly and they begin to form tracts where they link up with each other - at that point you sometimes have to consider having them surgically removed. Getting antibiotics quickly is the best way to go for me! I'm sorry you're suffering with this. It's not a nice or easy thing to deal with. Perhaps you might find it helpful to change to a GP who knows a bit more about diabetes care because my GP seemed to know it was fairly common for diabetics! [/QUOTE]
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