General Guide To Topic Of Celluitis

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Celulitis is very unpleasant infection of skin and in most cases underlying skin tissues caused by several types of bacteria ( cellulitis causes).

This commonly bacteria caused inflammation affects all parts of the human organic structure, but most often are affected hands (hand cellulitis), legs (leg cellulitis) and foot, this three types also calling celulitis of extremities. Celulitis also can be occured on patient's face (  facial cellulitis), within the eye socket (orbital cellulitis), around the eyelid of patient ( preseptal or periorbital cellulitis), in the area of anal orifice (perianal cellulitis), and breast cellulitis (occur on the breast area). Unfortunately, neither youngsters are spared from this infection.

Symptoms and signs can be local (affecting the area of infection) and systematic (affecting other parts of organic structure of patient) called cellulitis symptoms. First symptoms are usually redness of area of infection, warmth to touch, tender and painful skin of the affected area and swelling of course. This are all local celluitis symptoms. In case that patient notice this signs advice is to search for immediately medical help.

Process of diagnosing celulitis generally has 3 main steps. First step is reviewing medical history of patient (doc will ask questions about medical history). Then comes physical exam (most important step) and finally blood tests will confirm cellulitis diagnosis.

First step in cellulitis treatment usually are antibiotics drugs. In serious cases they are given to patient through IV (3-5 days often), then orally 'till the end of process cellulitis treatment.

Medical research has shown that about 30% patients will have reccurence of infection. Because that important to know is about celluitis risk factors. These factors are not causing infections but they can increase possibility of getting or reccurence of celulitis. They are described on cellulitis risk factors page.

Celulitis infection is potentially very serious medical condition and should be valued by medical adviser quickly.