What is pilonidal sinus?
A pilonidal sinus (PNS) is a small hole or tunnel in the skin. It may fill with fluid or pus, causing the formation of a cyst or abscess. It occurs in the cleft at the top of the buttocks. A pilonidal cyst usually contains hair, dirt, and debris. It can cause severe pain and can often become infected.
What causes pilonidal sinus?
It's not clear what causes a pilonidal sinus. A skin problem, pressure or friction may cause hair between the buttocks to be pushed inwards. This may either be hair growing around the buttock area, or loose hair shed from the buttocks or elsewhere that gathers around the buttock cleft and enters the pilonidal sinus.
Is pilonidal sinus dangerous?
While the cyst is not serious, it can become an infection and should therefore be treated. When a pilonidal cyst gets infected, it forms an abscess, eventually draining pus through a sinus. The abscess causes pain, a foul smell, and drainage. This condition is not serious.
Can pilonidal sinus heal itself?
A problem called a chronic pilonidal sinus can happen after an abscess has been drained. ... In some cases the sinus may heal and close by itself, but usually the sinus has to be cut and treated surgically by various flaps.
What happens if a pilonidal sinus goes untreated?
Furthermore, if left untreated, a pilonidal cyst can infect may cause local sepsis or infect the blood and result in deadly systemic sepsis.
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