What is Boils and Carbuncles

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BOILS AND CARBUNCLES Meaning

Boils and carbuncles are painful, pus-filled bumps forming due to bacterial infection resulting in inflammation of one or more hair follicles.¹

Image result for carbuncle Boils generally emerge as red, tender lumps which quickly fill with pus and grow larger and become more painful. A carbuncle is a bunch of boils forming a linked infected area beneath the skin.

Ayurveda describes carbuncle as pidaka, one of the major complications of diabetes mellitus.²

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