Cellulitis Infection Overview

Cellulitis infection - basic information about this very common skin disease


What is cellulitis infection? How can I prevent infection? What are the main causes? How do I know that I got cellulitis and many other questions plague many people every day. I'll try to post this little alleviate the initial shock, which is certainly present when it appears this very common and very unpleasant infection.

This type of infection knows no gender or age, it affects all age groups, from the youngest to the oldest people. It is not difficult to recognize if you know which are the main symptoms and even they can be divided into local and systemic. Local reflect the only place affected by cellulitis infection while they are systematically symptoms that can affect any part of the human organism. The most common symptoms are:

1) inflammation and redness of the affected areas of infection,
2) sensitivity and pain to touch the skin affected by cellulitis infection,
3) warmth of the infected skin to the touch and of course,
4) the usual swelling of the skin.

Causes of this disease may generally been caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, most cases occurred in the area where he was previously broken skin (cuts, blisters, burns, cracks in the skin, surgical wounds, sites of intravenous catheter insertion or other causes this type).
The diagnosis of this infection usually consists of three important steps. The first doctor examines a patient's medical record and medical history, the second step is performed a physical examination of the patient which is the most important step in the diagnosis of infection and final step includes blood tests to confirm the diagnosis of this disease.
If the diagnosis is confirmed, followed by treatment of cellulitis infection that is usually carried out with antibiotics, and depending on the intensity of infection of antibiotics can be taken orally or IV. In the case of repeated antibiotic treatment for cellulitis infection can last for several months.

Conclusion: Cellulitis is a very common infection that affects people of all ages and can occur on any part of the body.Main cause of this disease is bacteria (staph or strep) and treatment should be start as soon as possible. This infection is subject to very rapid and uncontrolled spread if not treated can cause serious damage to human body.