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    two days ago i woke up with a big lump on my tummy. It had turned up where i had a stretch mark so it looked even worse, it was all red and horribly painful. it even hurts when i don't touch it. so anyway last night i squeezed it and a thick blood coloured substance came out (i say blood coloured cos it seemed too thick to be blood). It wasn't as painful so i put some antiseptic cream on it and left it.
    Today i woke up with another one at the other side of my tummy! And it's really sore too. I also noticed a small red lump on my leg which feels the same.
    Anyone have any ideas what they are? They ache constantly.
    And i'm too embarassed to go to the doctor because of the fact that they are where my stretchmarks are and i feel i shouldnt have stretchmarks at my age.

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    Oh, I am sooo sorry you feel sick. Here: .

    Girl, although some people might claim to be free of stretchmarks (yeah, right), I believe that everyone (even males) have a few, even simply from our adolescent growth spurts (I shot up quickly, and have a few barely noticeable marks where my legs and hip join).

    Chances are YOU notice them more than anyone else because they are on YOUR body, as I have been told that mine are "invisible" and that I was bugging because I saw them.

    I have to say Pink, please, NEVER BE EMBARASSED TO GO TO THE DOCTOR !!! This is the reason it has been postulated that women live longer than men - because men are way less likely to visit a physician for health problems due to pride or shame .

    Not only are doctors trained to deal with these issues (they weren't in school 10 years for nothing !!! ), but chances are, they have seen things far more shocking and graphic than what you are experiencing (if not clinically, then during their rotations as interns ).

    -Choose a dermatologist, since family practitioners and internal doctors usually know squat about skin conditions.

    You mentioned that they were located directly on the actual marks? From my knowledge, the sebaceous glands can be aggravated and become overactive as a response to dryness of the skin. Your body, sensing that your skin is too dry will regulate itself by stimulating your oil glands to overproduce oil to lubricate the skin. If there is a blockage of the pore, then a blemish will occur. This would explain why the the pustule is occuring at the site of the mark, since stretch marks are scar tissue and scar tissue is actually damaged dermis which grows back thicker (hence the mark) causing the pores to be closed also.

    It sounds to me that what you might be experiencing are boils. "Blood coloured cos it seemed too thick to be blood" > This may have been the blood mixing with pus from the infected pore.

    I recommend keeping your marks well hydrated with cocoa butter, shea butter (really good), or vitamin E skin oil. A few of these can be found at Wal-Mart, although you might find more at Target. Lavender oil helps soothe calm irritated skin.

    Feel better and please, go to the doctor!



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    Maybe u could look up skin disorders on google and do a pictures search and see if anything looks similar.

    But do see a doctor. Believe me they have seen it all before and they are looking at it from a clinical perspective not cosmetic so they won't judge how u look.

    Prob not a good idea to be squeezing it out either just incase u spread it.

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    Could be shingles. Anyway, please see a doctor.

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    They sound like abscesses. If so, they need to be surgically drained ( in the office under a local anesthetic) and you may need antibiotics. There is a lot of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (AC-MRSA) going around and this stuff is particularly nasty and virulant. Get treated promptly.

    As to your fear of a doctor seeing your stretch marks, let me reassure you that I hardly ever notice stretch marks, nor would I be rude enough to mention them. Any doctor who would is an ass. In reality, I hardly notice anything cosmetic-wise that is out of the norm until about an hour after the patient has left. It's like "huh, that was an unusual piercing, tattoo, pubic hair pattern, whatever..." It's a fascination with what people do with their bodies, not judgment. I've seen just about everything in my line of work, so you would have to be way way out there to shock me. Stretch marks are not remotely in the realm of shocking.

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    Quote Originally Posted by flickad View Post
    Could be shingles. Anyway, please see a doctor.
    Shingles only occur on one side of the body and she mentioned having a bump on each side of her tummy.

    This could be anything from an allergic reaction to a new chemical (have you changed soap/detergent or slept somewhere different?) or could be even be from multiple bug bites.

    Some skin rashes and irritations can be very serious. Are these bumps pimple size or larger? Do you have fever, dizziness, nausea?




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    Oh sweety, don't be ashamed of a few lil stretch marks! It's part of growing! Now if you had something like a gerbil crammed up your nether region, THAT'D be something to be ashamed of!

    K, but seriously...go to the doctor, there are many things this could be, and if you don't like stretch marks, how are you going to feel when these lumps cause some scarring because you didn't get them taken care of? Go girl! Go!




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    honey, i can assure you, doctors hav seen worse and they will not judge you. they are there to fix you, thats why they train for 7yrs!

    go to the doctor my angel
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    Stop squeezing and get yer butt to the doc! Not to alarm you, but would rather literally "die from embarrassment"? Not that this is life threatening, but alot of people who don't go to the doctor die from treatable illness because they were simply too embarrassed to go in the first place!

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    Quote Originally Posted by boxingdoc View Post
    They sound like abscesses. If so, they need to be surgically drained ( in the office under a local anesthetic) and you may need antibiotics. There is a lot of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (AC-MRSA) going around and this stuff is particularly nasty and virulant. Get treated promptly.
    That's what I was thinking!!

    Stop squeezing (it will only make the lumps worse!!), and get to the doctor ASAP!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sinder View Post
    Stop squeezing and get yer butt to the doc! Not to alarm you, but would rather literally "die from embarrassment"? Not that this is life threatening, but alot of people who don't go to the doctor die from treatable illness because they were simply too embarrassed to go in the first place!

    Good point! "Dying of Embarrassment" is frighteningly common. Why do you think that Colorectal cancer is such a killer? It's not because it moves particularly fast, it's because people are too embarrassed to have the colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy nearly as early or often as they should. Sure, no one likes to have a camera put up their arse; but remember.....the likelihood that you're going to surprise a doctor is very low....They've seen some gross stuff....and then guess what? They still treat it and get over it....a few stretch marks are nothing to freak on....and even if you did have a gerbil in your nether regions, you wouldn't be the first teehee

    Shingles are unlikely, the intense neurological pain from that is pretty distinctive, and "lumps" aren't commonly described. It definitely sounds like you've acquired some sort of bacterial infection....I'm stumped as to what exactly it is....but an abcess seems like a good chance, seeing as you get some relief from the squeezing.... abcess means that there are fewer nerves to send pain messages, so they're dying; otherwise squeezing something like that'd probably be excruciating, and leave you in a lot of pain afterward too. However, that means you'd best get thee too a Doc, quick-like! If you can't get in to see a derm for a few days, get to another doc, any doc at all with M.D. after their name, abcesses can spread quickly, and do permanent damage....PS: you don't want whatever's in those lumps to get a chance to spread through your bloodstream.....that equals hospitalization and cipro= no fun.

    Hey, if it makes you feel better, I was once able to ellicit an actual "eeew!!!" from my Dr. That takes a special kind of disgusting; lemme tell ya (READ ON ONLY IF YOU'RE NOT EASILY NAUSEATED!!!)


    .....nasty, nasty infection under my BigToeNail.....started as a blood blister, which I thought I'd drain myself and save the trip to the doc.....I'd had the same thing once before, no big deal (I was a ballet dancer, lotsa toe-trauma) So I got out my handy-dandy dremmel (think, tiny drill) and went straight through the toenail....felt amazing (relieving ooodles of pressure), not even a little bit of pain.....well.....2 weeks later, new story.....toe turned a funny color and hurt like a beotch.....then red streaks started to travel up the foot (yikes!!!) so to the Dr. I went. She did nearly the same drill procedure; and dark, icky green schtuff shot out like a frikken fountain....no joke.....so that's how I got the "eewww!" from a medical professional....don't worry about some stretch marks! haha.....BTW: I'd given myself a massively bad infection, and required the removal of my toenail (don't worry, it grew back) and some unholy antibiotics, painkillers, and steroids....ick....learned my lesson

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    Quote Originally Posted by boxingdoc View Post
    They sound like abscesses. If so, they need to be surgically drained ( in the office under a local anesthetic) and you may need antibiotics. There is a lot of community acquired methicillin-resistant Staph aureus (AC-MRSA) going around and this stuff is particularly nasty and virulant. Get treated promptly.

    I agree with boxingdoc it sounds like abscesses. Please go to the doctor, if it turns out to be Staph it can be tremendously dangerous especially if it gets in your bloodstream. Also if its staph its contagious so disinfect everything!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Kitsune83 View Post
    Hey, if it makes you feel better, I was once able to ellicit an actual "eeew!!!" from my Dr. That takes a special kind of disgusting; lemme tell ya (READ ON ONLY IF YOU'RE NOT EASILY NAUSEATED!!!)


    .....nasty, nasty infection under my BigToeNail.....started as a blood blister, which I thought I'd drain myself and save the trip to the doc.....I'd had the same thing once before, no big deal (I was a ballet dancer, lotsa toe-trauma) So I got out my handy-dandy dremmel (think, tiny drill) and went straight through the toenail....felt amazing (relieving ooodles of pressure), not even a little bit of pain.....well.....2 weeks later, new story.....toe turned a funny color and hurt like a beotch.....then red streaks started to travel up the foot (yikes!!!) so to the Dr. I went. She did nearly the same drill procedure; and dark, icky green schtuff shot out like a frikken fountain....no joke.....so that's how I got the "eewww!" from a medical professional....don't worry about some stretch marks! haha.....BTW: I'd given myself a massively bad infection, and required the removal of my toenail (don't worry, it grew back) and some unholy antibiotics, painkillers, and steroids....ick....learned my lesson
    That story makes my chronic ingrown toenails sound lame by comparison. But hey, you're a girl after my own heart!

    PS Everyone has stretch marks. I NEVER had a growth spurt or skin trauma & I have 6 marks on my lower back...I might get them tattooed over as a joke...Because things like that always seem like a bigger deal to the individual than anyone else!

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    Kitsune83....I hate toenails, so this made me cringe as well. Yuck. And, BTW a gerbil is nothing. Try a 5 D cell maglite up the booty. Not me, but someone who passed through my ED. Pretty impressive X ray is all I'm saying.

    See, PinkPVC, you have to work harder than stretchmarks to impress your doc.

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    Quote Originally Posted by boxingdoc View Post
    And, BTW a gerbil is nothing. Try a 5 D cell maglite up the booty.
    It was stuck!? Ouchy!




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    Completely engulfed. A lot of times we can reach things and pull them out....not this time. It required a visit to the OR.

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    Not "stretch marks"--TIGER STRIPES!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Paintbaby View Post
    Not "stretch marks"--TIGER STRIPES!
    Mine look like bear claw marks!!

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    Quote Originally Posted by boxingdoc View Post
    Completely engulfed. A lot of times we can reach things and pull them out....not this time. It required a visit to the OR.
    Oh My ick! Jeebus, that's pretty scary.....(don't people know that you can buy large objects that are made to be shoved up there?....The most convenient feature of those things being that there's some sort of retrieval system included....people are nuts).

    I've got a great friend in medical school right now, 4th year.....they had someone with a lightbulb completely engulfed....don't know how the removal went, but how he got it there without the lightbulb breaking, no one will ever know.

    PS: yeah, toenails are icky....ballet-feet are just plain nasty...*shudders*

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