Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Would soaking in warm bath water with epson salt help drain my Pilonidal abscess that I lanced this morning?

Yes, the soaking helps to clean the wound bed and salt has antibacterial properties. Hopefully when you say ';I lanced,'; you mean you had a professional make the cut in a sterile environment and clean the abscess out fully. While home lancing can be done in an emergency, it is always recommended that the abscess be cleaned out fully by someone who can see what they are doing back there. Unless the debris is cleaned out of the abscess, you could be just making the infection worse.

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