[kayo brizzle]

Is it inherent? Non-contageous, but- where does it come from?

[alyjo07]

Awwww, I love hugs. I promise I don't bite, much lol. No, they have no clue what causes it. Nor do they have a cure. Thank God I only have it under my arms, and its not to bad. Cuz if I was anything like these two. I'd fucking kill myself!

[alyjo07]

I know its not contageous. I have not seen any on my children as of yet. But I really didn't see any on me till I was about 18, 19 years old. And my oldest is only 10. So only time will tell. No one else in my family has this but me. Witch kinda sucks. Cuz at least then I would have an idea of where it could have come from. It sucks living with it, but I have learned to deal with it.

[DiamondSmiles]

I found a little more info:


Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a chronic disease of a type of sweat gland. It can occur in one or multiple areas of your body. HS usually develops in your armpits, groin and anal area. It causes long-term skin inflammation and can be painful.

Symptoms include

Blackheads and red, tender bumps, called abscesses. The abscesses get bigger, break open and leak pus.
Tunnels that form under the skin between abscesses
Scarring
No one knows what causes HS. It is more common in women, African-Americans and people who have had acne. It usually starts after the teenage years. Treatments include antibiotics, anti-inflammatory medicines and sometimes surgery. Losing weight and wearing loose clothing can help, too.

I wonder if they would try using surgical procedures to reduce the sweat glands, depending what body parts are affected.

Here is a link with a list of 4 meds:

http://treathidradenitissuppurativa.com/

[Lolly9259]

Suffer from this, mainly under the arms and behind my ears (and yes, I do wash behind my ears). Mine isn't as bad as the pictures but some of my family members have had ones as bad as this. Mine are painful enough so I can't imagine how much they must hurt.

I've been seeing a dermatologist for over 2 years now and I'm waiting to hear back about surgery. Not much they can do about it really...they've tried antibiotics, lotions, scrubs and even the medication dapsone which is used for leprosy. I lost the three stone I put on whilst I was pregnant, I've done everything they threw at me and it still came back. All these treatments seemed to piss it off even more.

The only thing left is to just cut out all the sweat glands, do some grafting and hope it doesn't come back. It's not contagious but it doesn't look very nice and can pop up in some really strange places, well, on me it does anyway. I had one last month on my elbow but all I can say to fellow sufferers is to keep trying. There are some experimental drugs in the pipelines from what my derm tells me so maybe they'll try them on me before deciding to go ahead with the surgery

[izzy614]

Originally Posted by Sharon. ↗

I've seen this on "Embarassing Bodies", it's very nasty.

Ha! me too it was on that guys armpit so gross!