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Hi my name is Nikki. I am 20 yrs old,and 3 months pregnant.
I have a pilonidal cyst. I have have 2 of them lanced in the past year. I have another one now but can't get it lanced b/c i'm pregnant and can't stand the thought of it not being deadend. I am in unbearable pain. I can't sit stand up straight or hardly walk. I have been putting hot compresses every few hours. The rest of the time i have a hot pack on it b/c of the terrible pain. I have read everything i can find on this subject. My ? to you Dr. Walt is about tea tree oil what is it and how can it help??? I will do ANYTHING to ease this horrible pain. Should I try to pop it? Its getting really big and infected. Please Please if anyone can help me i would truely appreciate it. A responce asap would be GREAT. My heart goes out to everyone with this problem :(:( i know what you are all going through.
Thanks Alot
Nikki
In Reply to: pilonidal cyst/pregnancy/HELP posted by Nikki on February 11, 2001 at 21:01:31:
I got some tea tree oil and put it in the water i used to do the hot compresses and it worked GREAT with in an hour or two my cyst started draining and i feel MUCH MUCH better good enough to sit here at my computer and i couldn't even walk before i would strongly recomend this product to anyone who has problems with pilonidal cysts
thanks
Nikki
In Reply to: pilonidal cyst/pregnancy/HELP posted by Nikki on February 11, 2001 at 21:01:31:
I am really sorry to hear your having a flare up Nikkie. I am a 31 year old female diagnosed last year. I too have these flare ups and now I am very scared of pregnancy with this thing. I used tea tree oil last year and i can't say it helped. Please keep us posted on your progress. I am looking for anything to help wih this problem.
In Reply to: pilonidal cyst/pregnancy/HELP posted by Nikki on February 11, 2001 at 21:01:31:
Hi, Nikki.
The hot soaks will only take care of the infected part of this; they do nothign about the cyst itself. These cysts, by themselves, rarely grow fast enough to cause pain.
I have no experience with Tea Tree Oil, and this condition, although several on this BB have had benefits.
Lancing the cyst will not hurt your pregnancy and a local CAN be done when it is no longer infected (soaks).
Let us know how you do.
Walt
In Reply to: Re: pilonidal cyst/pregnancy/HELP posted by Nikki on February 12, 2001 at 23:11:56:
Thanks, Nikki.
Walt
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