Boil [jiē] meaning: [name] boil, a confined purulent inflammation of the skin and subcutaneous tissue.

Boils are acute suppurative diseases that occur when the superficial parts of the skin feel the fire poison, resulting in localized redness, swelling, heat and pain as the main manifestation.

Introduction

Boils can be divided into head boils, headless boils, mole crickets boils, boils and so on. It is characterized by red color, burning, pain, protruding shallow root, swelling potential is limited, the range is mostly in about 3 cm, easy to pus, easy to ulcerate, easy to converge. It is equivalent to boils, scalp piercing abscesses and boil diseases in Western medicine. Boils, Chinese medicine is considered to be the invasion of heat into the skin and the onset of sores and fever, so also known as "heat boils".

The boils that are as small as nails and more reactive are called "boils". Boils are most common on the head, face, neck, back and buttocks; furuncles are mainly found on the face and fingers and toes. Although boils are small, their prevention and treatment should not be ignored.

Boils are acute suppurative infections of individual hair follicles or sebaceous glands of the human skin caused by bacterial infections, which result in the formation of larger red swellings. Multiple and recurrent episodes are called boils.

The pathogenic bacteria are mainly Staphylococcus aureus, followed by Staphylococcus albicans and hemolytic streptococcus infections. Skin abrasions, vesicles, and ulcers are conducive to bacterial colonization, multiplication, and infection on the skin surface. Other triggers include low body resistance, excessive sebaceous gland secretion, malnutrition, anemia, diabetes and long-term use of hormones.