YAMT EDIT: healed myself

[rudeguy]

so I have this weird....thing, behing my ear...it started as a bump and now its like two really big red things...they dont hurt too bad, but they look nasty....I tried lancing them with a needle but that didnt work...any other ideas on what I could do...and what the heck are these things?


ps...I have 77 days before my insurance kicks in

 

[Swag1138]

Youve been bitten by a vampire. I hope you didnt like the sun all that much....

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Swag1138
Youve been bitten by a vampire. I hope you didnt like the sun all that much....

 

[Mallow]

Red bumps right behind the ear? They might just be clogged pores that have become infected. I'd leave them be and see if they go away in about a week. If they don't, go see a doctor.

 

[Kalvin00]

Well...i'd just watch it and see what happens. You said you tried to pop it with a needle? Maybe put neosporin on it or something so it doesn't get infected.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
so I have this weird....thing, behing my ear...it started as a bump and now its like two really big red things...they dont hurt too bad, but they look nasty....I tried lancing them with a needle but that didnt work...any other ideas on what I could do...and what the heck are these things?


ps...I have 77 days before my insurance kicks in

probably some kinda skin infection. go see a doc he/she probably give u some antibiotics

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919

Originally posted by: Swag1138
Youve been bitten by a vampire. I hope you didnt like the sun all that much....

 

[MichaelD]

:camera:s?

They need to be sliced open and the contents drained. I know there's a technical/medical term for this, but it escapes me.

Something like "evacuation and cleaning" or somethign like that. I had one behind my left ear.

I had my GF (who used to be an ER Tech) slice it open with a scalpel, clean it out and bandage it up. It's/I'm fine after that.

You can't do it yourself b/c you can't see it. DO NOT try it yourself. I have a high tolerance for pain...I slice my own callouses off my hammertoes...etc.

Try to hold out until your insurance kicks in. Ibuprofen is an anti-inflammatory...that might help.

 

[Sluggo]

Basically, you stuck unsterile needle in there, so now you have 2 infected bumps behind your ear.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: rudeguy
so I have this weird....thing, behing my ear...it started as a bump and now its like two really big red things...they dont hurt too bad, but they look nasty....I tried lancing them with a needle but that didnt work...any other ideas on what I could do...and what the heck are these things?


ps...I have 77 days before my insurance kicks in

probably some kinda skin infection. go see a doc he/she probably give u some antibiotics

no insurance right now...and I wont pay $75 to go see the doc about some alien lumps behind my ear

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Basically, you stuck unsterile needle in there, so now you have 2 infected bumps behind your ear.

im not that dumb...I sterilized the needle before I did it...and soaked the area in peroxide for 5 minutes beforehand

 

[illusion88]

Its probbally just a zit.

MichaelD, she must have been more then an ER tech. That is way out of her scope of care. Unless she worked at one of those cool ER's where the MD doesn't really care if you breach your scope.

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: illusion88
Its probbally just a zit.

MichaelD, she must have been more then an ER tech. That is way out of her scope of care. Unless she worked at one of those cool ER's where the MD doesn't really care if you breach your scope.

not a zit...these things are big

 

[MichaelD]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: Sluggo
Basically, you stuck unsterile needle in there, so now you have 2 infected bumps behind your ear.

im not that dumb...I sterilized the needle before I did it...and soaked the area in peroxide for 5 minutes beforehand

When I do my own self-surgeries, I clean the area thoroughly with alcohol first. I also clean all blades/pins with alcohol too. A LOT of it. *pours the whole bottle and scrubs*

Afterwards, I pour more alcohol directly into the wound...burns like hell, but I'll wager it killls everything....then I cover with Bacitracin and bandage.

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: rudeguy

Originally posted by: dighn

Originally posted by: rudeguy
so I have this weird....thing, behing my ear...it started as a bump and now its like two really big red things...they dont hurt too bad, but they look nasty....I tried lancing them with a needle but that didnt work...any other ideas on what I could do...and what the heck are these things?


ps...I have 77 days before my insurance kicks in

probably some kinda skin infection. go see a doc he/she probably give u some antibiotics

no insurance right now...and I wont pay $75 to go see the doc about some alien lumps behind my ear

oh yeah americans have no health care system... well if it's not that bad i guess u can wait and see how it goes... don't know what you can do on ur own except taking antibiotics but antibiotics can't be bought without prescription...

that kinda sucks. personally i get skin infections a lot b/c of a skin condition and sometimes it can last quite a few weeks without treatent. in fact i just recovered from a nasty infection behind my ears (impetigo), lasted 3-4 weeks before antibiotics cleared it up in a day

 

[rudeguy]

I have healed myself....grabbed one of my kid's syringes, (he is diabetic)....pulled out about 10 cc's of nasty stuff...swelling is way down...will repeat tomorow

 

[dighn]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have healed myself....grabbed one of my kid's syringes, (he is diabetic)....pulled out about 10 cc's of nasty stuff...swelling is way down...will repeat tomorow

wow

that's pretty adventurous

the farthest i would go is using needles and squeeze
and 10ccs?! must have been huge bumps

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have healed myself....grabbed one of my kid's syringes, (he is diabetic)....pulled out about 10 cc's of nasty stuff...swelling is way down...will repeat tomorow

That was part of your brain.

 

[wfbberzerker]

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have healed myself....grabbed one of my kid's syringes, (he is diabetic)....pulled out about 10 cc's of nasty stuff...swelling is way down...will repeat tomorow

10cc's? good god!

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: conjur

Originally posted by: rudeguy
I have healed myself....grabbed one of my kid's syringes, (he is diabetic)....pulled out about 10 cc's of nasty stuff...swelling is way down...will repeat tomorow

That was part of your brain.

probably more like all of my brain...but either way...it doesnt hurt nearly as much now

 

[fatkorean]

maybe its a boil? those things can get very big

-fk

 

[tranceport]

...

 

[Spac3d]

Congrats on having the guts to do that yourself:Q I know I couldn't do that.

Do you inject the insulin for your child ... or can he do it himself?:Q

 

[rudeguy]

Originally posted by: Spac3d
Congrats on having the guts to do that yourself:Q I know I couldn't do that.

Do you inject the insulin for your child ... or can he do it himself?:Q

he can do it himself, but I always do it for him...he is only six, and I wouldnt want to put that on him

 

[Platypus]

can you heal me too?