What is Hidradenitis Suppurativa

Hidradenitis suppurativa or HS is a skin disease that affects areas bearing apocrine sweat glands and hair follicles; such as the underarms, groin and buttocks, and under the breas...

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Is it just me? I find this weird... Several days before the appearance of any new boils, or cysts, my skin will start to get really sore and tender in the area it's going to pop up in. Under my arm, for example. It'll feel really sore in one little spot, and I'll look to see if I have anything, but nothing will be there. Not even a bit of red - nothing! Then over the course of a few days, I'll inevitably have a new boil. I've always been curious, is that normal and does it happen to other people, too, or is that just the psychic in me? :)
Posted on 11/05/09, 06:11 am
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Reply #1 - 11/05/09  6:53am
" It happens to me too! Sometimes (not every time)I start out feeling very itchy in that area, then have it turn to pain and tender only to be followed by a cyst. But I too always "know" where a new cyst will be before there is ever any sign of it physically seen by the eye. I just thought it was me being weird, lol! "
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Reply #2 - 11/05/09  8:23am
" LOL! You're not weird. Or at least, you're not weird ALONE! Hahaha. I'm glad to know I'm not the only one. Thanks for responding :) "
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Reply #3 - 11/05/09  10:16am
" I am the same way. Now if we could just harness the energy and stop the progression at that point it would be wonderful! I always get itchy and tender and just like you, within a few days its ridiculously horrid! "

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