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Signs and Symptoms of Boils

Alternative Name: Furuncle

A carbuncle is a cluster of boils that often occurs on the back of the neck, shoulders or thighs, especially in older men. Carbuncles cause a deeper and more severe infection than a single boil. They also develop and heal more slowly and are likely to leave a scar.

Whenever you have a boil or a carbuncle, you also can have a fever and feel generally sick. A fever is more likely with a carbuncle than with a single boil.

Boils tend to get larger and more painful over a few days, before bursting and releasing the pus. This usually eases the pain, although a small scar may be left at the site of the boil.

Some important symptoms of boils are:

• Itching.
• Localized swelling.
• Tenderness and pain.
• The skin around the boil becomes red and boil is filled with pus.
• Fever and swelling of the lymph glands.
• Fluctuant nodule.
• Usually the boils are pea sized, but may be as large as a golf ball.
• Increasing pain as pus and dead tissue fills the area.
• Decreasing pain as the area drains.
• Fever.
• Fatigue.
• General Discomfort.
• Whitish, bloody discharge from the boil.