Is this a tumor? *uhm.. white chunky stuff in abscess?*

[mia9_28]

Bobo has had enough... is it okay if we leave that chunk there, clean it, and try again tomorrow.... or should everything come off tonight?

 

[hopefloats]

do more tomorrow. Templetons took a couple days to get it all out of.

 

[Sharlees rattakisses]

It looks like an abscess to me! Warm compresses, and wait for the pus-y goodness!

:sick2: lol

 

[fenshae]

I agree, do it in a couple different "batches" if necessary. You don't want to cause him too much stress, and the pus won't hurt anything staying for another couple days.

Now at least you know it's definitely an abcess

 

[LA]

With an abscess what you want to do is peel off the scab either once or twice a day, flush it out with saline solution and try to get out the white stuff. Sometimes you can't eventually it will push itself out most of the time. Wayne and I had to deal with so many with Erin, I HATE!!! abscesses. You want to have it heal inside out.

 

[mia9_28]

Thanks guys.
Today, there is no more bump, just a little scab.
It will probably fall off right?
Everything looks great!

 

[fenshae]

I would go ahead and keep warm-compressing the scab, just to make sure it doesn't fill up again. If you can soften up and peel this scab, go ahead and do so. As LA says, you want the wound to heal from the inside out. If the outside scabs, it may trap any lingering infection inside the skin and lead to further problems down the line.

Good luck!

 

[Fidget]

It sounds like a cyst. Compress it well til you get an opening, then put your fingers under it and wiggle it to the surface so it all gets pushed out and not in. Get out what you can but I wouldn't put a kid thru too much trying to be sure to get it all as they can recur no matter what you do. My Mackenzie had one that needed to be cleaned out periodically but it didn't bother him, and I was just grateful it was a harmless cyst and not a tumor.. (sometimes it was getting big and compressing didn't open it so I would make an opening with a needle just at the surface just enough break a bit of skiin and it didn't bother him.)