what's the difference between a boil and a cyst?

Answer 1

A boil is a bacterial infection. A cyst is a fluid filled lump but is not bacterial.

Lancing and/or antibiotics are used for a boil. A cyst in just drained of its fluid, if necessary.

Answer 2

A boil is one kind of a cyst. A boil is a staph infection that causes pus to develop in the skin- it usually starts as a reddened area that turns white over time as white blood cells collect in the area. It can be tender and painful.

A cyst is a kind of "bag" inside the body tissue and contains a liquid, gaseous, or semisolid substance. There are many kinds of cysts. A boil is one of the kinds.

Answer 3

A boil is an inflammation of the hair follicle which accumulates pus and dead tissue. A cyst is actual a small area often enclosed by a membrane, think like a cell. Often they come about not to infection but just because. They are dangerous because the swell and apply pressure to nearby tissue. They can be filled with air, fluids, or semi solid material. If it is filled with pus it is considered and abscess. Definitely sounds painful, good luck!

Answer 4

boils are more round in shape and cyst are large pimples where a boil isn't a zip or pimple it's not fromed from the bacteria that causes the pores to clog up. Boils are from inbalances in the body and effect ears and other areas acne doesn't as much and boils can be huge compared to a cyst which at most will be half an inch in diamater across it where boils can cause huge scars on backs

Answer 5

Boil or furuncle are staph infections occuring mainly neck breasts face and buttocks 5 to 30 mm size

Cyst or zit is simple ulclean skin stopped up hair follicle

Answer 6

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