Tips on managing cellulitis - a skin infection

A patient asked me for helpful hints on how to get better with a skin infection, otherwise known as cellulitis. Keeping it elevated and taking your medicine is key. Go back to be seen if it looks worse.

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• medicine
• health
• cellulitis
• skin+infection
• infection
• dermatitis

[restorativejustice99]

Blistering, high fever and migraine are normal for the first couple of days. Unfortunately, once the blisters pop, more form over new skin. I lost 4 layers of skin in one area. Never use exfoliants like peroxide or alchol. You don't need to be dried out. As for the swelling, that lasted 3 weeks. Cellulitus is an EMERGENCY issue

[femmefatale1990]

I don't know if that's ok to just let it close....

[femmefatale1990]

I was just in the hospital for this for days and on antibiotics (still am) and I had an abcess underneath the infection on my right leg (next to my inner knee) that was drained.....I didn't ask my dr. and I can't reach the hospital but can I put neosporin inside or hydrogen peroxide? it's itching soooooooooooo much! I was given sodium chloride so I don't know if to just use that and suck it up.

Also, I'm not even putting a gauze inside b/c the opening is so small I can't fit the gauze inside

[GeetarAdam]

Thanks, doc!

[roxrh10192]

Very helpful! Thank you!!

[destinysbillions]

I had the same thing happen to me. I finally got an appt w/ a dermatologist who told me to go to the emergency room and let them know that my Dr. recommended an antibotic IV.  It got most of the infection out of my body but there is still some in there.

[lndac02]

@samoa206 Isnt the US healthcare system a wonderful thing? In The UK you walk straight into the medical center and no one mentions money. its all about getting you better there rather then bleeding your visa card. Still must give you a nice warm glow everytime a $2 million cruise missile is launched against a tent in afganistan, to save you from terrorists but apparently not Cellulitus

[TheOneTrueSongstress]

I have a cellulitis infection on my jaw. I hate it. :( I went to the er and they gave me two antibiotics to take. Ive been taking them for three days so far. The swelling has not gone down and I wish it would cause I looked deformed. This is gonna sound nasty but some infection finally came out today and it feels a little better, but there's still a big red not and I can feel that theres still infection. *sigh* This sucks.

[StopFear]

Dr.C

[mecca115able]

get a iv it worked for me. a pic line.