Does anyone know what an abscess looks like? Does it look like or does it form as a blister on the surface of the skin?
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An abscess is usually red (or very pink), warm, painful (if you have sensation), and looks almost like a large pimple. It can be different colors depending on the bacteria.
Hope that this helps.
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These are pictures of the abscess/blister or whatever it is.
It popped and fluid came from it. I dont know what this is. As you can see, that whole area was a huge wound and healed quite quickly. This blister/abscess or whatever appeared in two days. I am trying to determine what it is and why it happened.
This particular wound was staged a 3 and it was indicated that I had osteomylitis from the totality of my wounds, the left buttock being stage 4 and the other five wounds varying in stages.
I was on Vanco and another IV antibiotic for 8 weeks and have since been on oral Augmentin and Levaquin for 10 weeks. I want to rule out that this is the fluid from any possible osteo trying to find its way to the surface.
But, I understand that if it was osteo related, if there is still some in my pelvis, that it would not look this color. This looks more like a blister and the fluid looked like the regular serosanguineous.
The nurse just said that it may be from tunneling coming from the left but cheek that is almost healed.
I guess the thing that I would like an opinion on is, if this was from osteomylitis, the drainage would have been different from the sero and it would have had a bad odor. True? So I dont have to worry about osteomylitis.Attached FilesComment
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