Skin problems

[gamerfanman]

Lately I have been getting alot of large lumps in my skin around face and neck, most go away after time but a few days ago the biggest lump ever popped up on my neck and its really sore. they generally feel like hard lumps like a boil or something but eventually either form into a pimple or just shrink and go away. but this one is HUGE! lol I read that its most likely an abscess which I also read is another symptom or more likely to occur if you have crohns.. man, as if all the other symptoms aren't bad enough along with the severe daily headaches the 6mp gives me. Now I find out its normal to turn into a lumpy elephant man too.. great lol. I think I will have to see a gp and see if I can have it drained, usually they prescribe antibiotics for abscess but I dont think they would to a crohns patient. I have been on the 6mp for about a year but am in the middle of a bad flare that has so far gone on for 4 months (something they said shouldn't even be happening on this medication) its all seems so 'trial and error' but I guess at least they will gather information as they go to better help out the next generation of sufferers.

 

[Grumbletum]

Poor you. Definitely not what you need to start the New Year :-( Antibiotics are often used for Crohn's sufferers, especially for something like abscessing so I would consult your GP or GI. I'll be curious to see what they say is the cause = i.e. disease or something else. I suppose at least they are not round your bum at the moment, which is common, but that's probably cold comfort.