DEAR DR. ROACH: I've been having trouble with boils for a couple of years. Last year, my doctor told me that it was a staph infection. After about a week on the antibiotics he prescribed, I started to ...
A boil, also called a furuncle, is an infection of a hair follicle that goes into the deeper layers of skin, causing an abscess (a small pocket of pus). These infections are typically caused by the ...
Courtney is a registered nurse with over 13 years of experience in the clinical setting, helping individuals navigate their way through their healthcare journeys. She has been in the frontlines ...