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Recently discovered pilonidal abscess

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ikym38502
ikym38502

I recently discovered I have a pilonidal abscess and I went to an urgent care and saw a nurse practioner. She said it's a good thing we caught it in it's early stage and she put me on antibiotics. It started paining me for three days and then I went to see her. I'm worried though from my research that antibiotics will not be enough and that I will eventually need surgery. Also they tend to reoccur which worries me. And after a day and half of antibiotics my abscess started oozing blood and pus.I'm just worried will antibiotics really do the trick for my pilonidal abscess that is so called in it's early stage? 

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    jennifer06448 ikym38502

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    On Monday I was diagnosed with pilonidal sinus. They said there was a lump the size of a marble that could be turning into a cyst. So I have been placed on Antibiotics. I am also 28 weeks pregnant. I was crying everytime I went to sit down, stand up the pain was unbearable. After 48 hours the pain has eased there is still a marble sized lump there but I am not in the amount of pain I was in at the start.

    Will I need to have surgery??? Or will the lump ease???

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