Saddle boil

[Dangermouse]

Bacteria causes it and i would suspect a hair has been pulled out or perhaps you shave your bits and the bacteria gets into the hair follicle.

Shave me bits.........euch

 

[citybabe]

So how do you get these cysts as I am a very clean person and take personal hygiene very seriously

it could be something as simple as an ingrowing hair

 

[Dangermouse]

I just hope it goes asap its quite painfull now

 

[smokeysmoo]

I've got a cyst on my undercarriage Dr called it Papilloma

Ooo la di da, very posh!

I had a boil on my bum when I was younger, I just called it Bernard

 

[Dangermouse]

Ooo la di da, very posh!

I had a boil on my bum when I was younger, I just called it Bernard

For christs sake Smokey...........laughing hurts A LOT

 

[Andrew_Culture]

I've had what they call 'Jeeps bum' a few times, which is an infection from an ingrown hair roughy where your tail would be. I've broken bones that hurt less.

 

[albion]

I had a boil on my bum when I was younger, I just called it Bernard

And what was wrong with Humpfry?

 

[accountantpete]

Louison Bobet famously suffered from boils - no prizes for guessing which "vital organs" were involved.

Bobet completed his hat-trick of successive wins in 1955, having that year won the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.Bobet won the Tour but with a saddle boil that needed surgery. "His flesh was full of holes", said a report. "Dead tissue had to be removed to within several millimetres of vital organs"

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Louison Bobet famously suffered from boils - no prizes for guessing which "vital organs" were involved.

Bobet completed his hat-trick of successive wins in 1955, having that year won the Ronde van Vlaanderen and Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré.Bobet won the Tour but with a saddle boil that needed surgery. "His flesh was full of holes", said a report. "Dead tissue had to be removed to within several millimetres of vital organs"

Reminds me of one of my experiences as a trainee nurse, one that I shall refrain from telling.

 

[Dangermouse]

Thanks for abstaining Andrew, ny bits are extremely sore now, in fact I have never fet pain this severe in all my life.........and I have had a compound fracture of the femur and fib/tib following a motorbike accident in 1980, I was fully concious and it didnt smart like me babies are now.

 

[Andrew_Culture]

Thanks for abstaining Andrew, ny bits are extremely sore now, in fact I have never fet pain this severe in all my life.........and I have had a compound fracture of the femur and fib/tib following a motorbike accident in 1980, I was fully concious and it didnt smart like me babies are now.

You have my full sympathy. When I had my 'jeeps bum' I went to the doctor and as I walked in he offered me a seat and I had to decline.

 

[Dangermouse]

Tried to go to work today but I dont think I could sit in a busy office for 8 hrs so was told to come home, anyway its coming to a head now so I reckon a nice hot bath will start versuvius off

 

[Arsen Gere]

Boots sell antibacteria hand stuff, the same as they use in hospitals to prevent infections being passed on. You can apply that before getting on your bike to reduce spots/boils/infections. Asda were doing two small bottles for £1 it does the job but smells a bit like harpic
BTW I smelled it on my hands, I am not that flexible. Now if I was that would be a different thread.

 

[fossyant]

I think that antibac hand gel stuff (like in hosptials) is high in alcohol - you don't want that 'down below' anywhere !

 

[Arsen Gere]

Thanks for abstaining Andrew, ny bits are extremely sore now, in fact I have never fet pain this severe in all my life.

IMHO Anal Fissures are worse. You get the same pain except you know you are going to have to force crap through the wound and they can take months to heal.

If it is a boil then bursting it will help if you can take the pain. The problem is the skin on a cyclists sit bones is like the skin on a runners feet so it may need to be broken first. But beware some folks get impact injuries which look like boils but come to nothing so trying to burst it is a painful waste of time. The best thing for those is to GENTLY squeeze them frequently with your fingers with a rolling action to improve the blood supply so it repairs faster.

Your gonna need a good light and a mirror to see what is actually going on. The changing rooms in marks and spencers is not appropriate.

The good thing is you know it is going to get better in due course whether you do somethign or not. Good luck.