What does a blocked sweat gland feel like?

What does a blocked sweat gland feel like?

Symptoms. The symptoms of hidradenitis suppurativa range from mild to severe. It causes a mixture of boil-like lumps, blackheads, cysts, scarring and channels in the skin that leak pus. The condition tends to start with a firm pea-sized lump that develops in 1 place.

What causes sweat glands to be blocked?

Hidradenitis suppurativa is a blockage of the sweat glands, usually in the armpits, and rarely, on the buttocks or groin or under the breasts. Heat, sweat, or incomplete gland development may block sweat glands, forcing sweat and bacteria into the tissue around it, which then becomes infected.

Can you pop a blocked sweat gland?

It causes deep, painful boils or pockets of infection (abscesses) in your skin. When these glands become blocked, they fill with fluid and can become infected. They then burst, and the infection spreads. This causes larger areas of swelling, infection, and abscesses that can spread through the layers of skin.