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What can you expect after having an abscess drained?

After you have an abscess drained, the doctor might prescribe oral antibiotics to help heal your infection. The incision site may drain pus for a couple of days after the procedure. For very deep abscesses, the doctor might pack the abscess site with gauze that needs to be removed after a few days.

What is an abscess?

What size of abscess should be drained?

Is abscess draining considered surgery?

Does abscess incision and drainage hurt?

Do I need antibiotics after abscess drainage?

Can an abscess come back after drainage?

* Savings estimate based on a study of more than 1 billion claims comparing self-pay (or cash pay) prices of a frequency-weighted market basket of procedures to insurer-negotiated rates for the same. Claims were collected between July 2017 and July 2019. R.Lawrence Van Horn, Arthur Laffer, Robert L.Metcalf. 2019. The Transformative Potential for Price Transparency in Healthcare: Benefits for Consumers and Providers. Health Management Policy and Innovation, Volume 4, Issue 3.

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