boils?staph infection?acne?

Question

My friends son is a freshman in high school and plays football and is now in basketball...he all of a sudden started getting this boil looking things on his back...she told me that when he does his lifting they hurt so bad...but after he is done they seem to go away...or maybe break open...these things get pretty big..and they are on his back....and clues to what this could be?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

Its a cyst- kind of like a reoccurring huge pimple.Usually if someone has one it is a small knot under the skin that only swells up if it gets irritated and infected-usually after it will bust or shrink back down and come back again later. You can get a staph infection if the area were to stay infected for too long a time-but I get them all the time on my face and ears and have had some pretty bad infections but never got staph infection that I know of.A nuisance and painful but pretty harmless.Not contagious...I have had a skin disorder that causes these all the time,my dermatologist has made it clear its in no way contagious think the guy above me is a bit nutty.

Answer 3

If it's a boil, then it's a staph infection (Staphlococcus Aureus). Boils usually come to a head, break open and the pus comes out. It's contagious when it does this. If not, and they don't go down, they can be dangerous. They can go into septicemia (blood poisoning) which can be life threatening. Be careful about any fever.

Answer 4

yeah alot of teens get those from sweat. He needs 2 take shower right after practice and game start using a back washer and put some alcohol on them. the doc can prescribe somthn 4 that as well as get some of that stuff they have on that commercial u know the one with jessica simpson i heard that stuff works well. good luck

Answer 5

SOunds like the start of a biblical plague...the team isn;t named the devils or such, is it?