I started off having boils very infrequently as a child but went on to full blown hidradenitis suppurativa and from the age of 17 to 20 my GP did not take it seriously (he also failed to realise I had SLE).

I also had desensitising injections for allergies for 3 years when a lot younger so all up I would stay on this to make sure nothing develops health wise and that the boils are not a symptom of something far more serious.

I was taking antibiotics for 8 or 9 months at a time to try and control the problem but surgery was the only real help so I can't stress how important it is to take boils seriously.

i-once-was-bump - OMG that is a hideous story!!!  You poor thing!!!!  I will defiantly speak to the RCH (Royal Children's Hospital) next week as well as her paediatrician next time we go (end of March I think) to ensure it's not an ongoing issue.

Kopenhagen - Sorry, I missed your question before.  Yes, she has had blood noses before.  She tends to get them in the hot weather occasionally.  Also she is on a nasal spray (for her allergies) at the moment and it can be a side effect of them, so possibly related to that ATM as well.

i-once-was-bump - OMG that is a hideous story!!!  You poor thing!!!!  I will defiantly speak to the RCH (Royal Children's Hospital) next week as well as her paediatrician next time we go (end of March I think) to ensure it's not an ongoing issue.   Kopenhagen - Sorry, I missed your question before.  Yes, she has had blood noses before.  She tends to get them in the hot weather occasionally.  Also she is on a nasal spray (for her allergies) at the moment and it can be a side effect of them, so possibly related to that ATM as well.

Poor little girl, hope she gets some relief from them, I remember the pain.

BTW, it is definitely.......

Yes, it sure is azureline.

Damn auto correct fail.

Yes, it sure is azureline.   Damn auto correct fail.

unless they don't take you seriously then you can argue defiantly  :^O

I can definitely argue defiantly!

My mother still says that she should have been far more forceful with the doctors when I was a child but back then (I'm 56 now) she said they were like gods and you never questioned them even if she was really unhappy with the treatment I was receiving and also she said she was expected to take us to a Catholic doctor as the church expected that but she now doesn't hold the Catholic Church is such high esteem either. Also with having produced a doctor or two she says she now realises that  a lot of them are bogans :^O