Cellulitis Pictures

please any one with the above syptoms of this or anyone who may think they have this do not feel if your doctor does not take you seriously or you are not happy with the diagnosis that you should not get another diagnosis you must if you are not happy take your self along to your nearest a and e hospital department take it seriously as it can cause so much damage if left to develope properly.

How long does it take before this clears up? I am on day four of my antibiotics and although it hasn't gotten worse and no knew blisters it is still painful and with a burning feel. I am on Bactrin. I had heard about stuff like this before but this has been horrible!

I was diagnosed with cellulitis in March of 2008. It started with what I thought was athletes foot. The year prior I had traveled extensively and thought I'd gotten some fungus from one of the hotels I'd stayed in. In October of 2007 I noticed a patch on my foot that itched constantly. I tried Lotrimin, Lamisil etc. to no avail. I finally figured it was just a patch and kind of got used to it. During November and December I noticed the patch was getting much bigger in size and I also had patches on my ankle and shin. I made an appt. with a dermatologist and he diagnosed me as having athletes foot on my foot and eczema on my leg and prescribed an ointment. After using the ointment for several days I noticed that the affected area was spreading and I was also showing signs on my right leg as well. I made an appt. with another dermatologist and was prescribed another ointment. This did not help either. By mid-January I had been to my primary care doctor and the dermatologists approx. 12 times. My primary care doctor told me I now had an infection because the skin had been compromised. Both of my legs were extremely swollen and I also had stasis (water retention) in my legs. My doctor advised me to walk more to increase my circulation, what he wouldn't comprehend was that every step I took was excrutiatingly painful. I couldn't wear shoes that tied because my feet were so swollen I couldn't fit into them. My legs would seep constantly and I'd find myself with my socks soaked through constantly. My legs were so hot colleagues commented on the heat that was eminating from me. I went back to the dermatologist in late February and he prescribed a steroid cream to apply to the affected areas. I was also starting to have patches of skin on both of my arms, my stomach, thighs, buttocks and back. I did as the dermatologist suggested and applied the steroid cream. On March 1st a friend took me to a prominent hospital because I'd had no satisfaction with any of the other doctors I'd visited and she realized there was something very, very wrong. We got to the ER just before 9 PM on that Saturday and I had been triaged, taken back to a room and admitted into the hospital before 9:30. I was in the hospital for 4 days with high doses of strong IV antibiotics, tested for AIDS since the lesions on my torso and arms were "an apparent symptom of AIDS" I'd been seen by an infectious disease specialist and an internal medicine doctor. I was told had my friend not brought me to the hospital when she did that the infection was so bad I would have been septic within hours and likely died without immediate treatment. The infection had spread throughout my body like a speeding bullet train due to the steroid cream I was putting on my legs. The steroid had trapped in the infection and made the bug a super bug. Before the doctor would release me he wanted me to continue with the IV antibiotics, but my insurance wouldn't cover the medicine at $5K for a 10 day regimen so he prescribed me an antibiotic pill that I was on for the next 4 months. I have horrible scarring on both of my legs and was told that I could become afflicted again at any time in the future. This is not something to ignore. If you or someone you know is showing symptoms you must go to a doctor immediately. Ask the physician specifically if what you have could be cellulitis. It will get them to think outside the "go to" skin conditions like eczema.

i have cellitis on right calf from recent tattoo its slowly gettin better was very red and painful all because i took the wrap off my tattoo before 24 hours and didnt give it enough time to heal really hope it goes away and dont have same reacurin like other stories ive read. krista in alberta

I have just got out of hospital of IV - from bieng treated for cellulitus. Very painful. I was bitten by a spider on my right foot - 7 days later a red line appeared and was heading up my leg. The pain was very excruciating - i couldnt walk on my foot. I was put in hospital on iv for 5 days and now im at home finishing antibiotics. I hope this never happens again and wouldnt wish it on anyone !

i have cellulitis on my finger. ive been taking strong antibiotics prescribed by the doctor for 3 days now and nothing has changed. should i be worried?

Me too, totally ignored after surgery. had unplanned hip replacement two weeks ago. I could literally see blsters popping up in the exact sze of a hand print, fngers and all. I had accidentally excremented before surgery, and the CNA and RA were mad that I defecated instead of going on the bed pan. I couldn't tolerate pan so I went in my surgery gown. They had to clean me up, and fast. After the surgery, I was dismissed from hosptal within 48 hours (total hip redone!). At home, I developed awful blisters. The size of oranges. Went to dr., and he said it was my diet, and my body eating my skn! No, I had staph before. I know the signs. But he, the surgeon, refused to admit this. So I have been in er and er and fam. dr. Nobody lstens. Fnally, last nght, I was diagnosed with cellutits, and gven nce soft gauze and salne soluton. Had left over Crypto, and I am healng rapdly now..Puss, stuff everywhere, but I lay on top of bed covers, and on top of towels. The crypto is only thing that works. They want old and sick to die. We must all repent, turn to God, in these tryng tmes with drs. who are picking and choosing who gets antibiotics, I am convnced of this (sorry, my i key sticks!)
GOD BLESS ALL OF YOU
mbaugus

My 20 yr old daughter was just recently diagnosed with cellulitis which started on her bicep area with 3 large swollen bumps that were itching and that looked similar to spider bites she went to the dr. then and was given a shot of rocephen and augmentin. Then a few days later had the same kind of spot on her foot with a red line going up to her ankle she went back to the dr. and they gave her another shot of rocephen. Now her left hand from her wrist to just past her knuckles is swollen and itching. Please if anybody has any suggestions on what to do to help her send them my way. Thanks for your help in advance and best of luck to all who suffer from this disease.

Frantically Concerned
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I had cellulitis on my head, eye and ear and doctor immediately sent me to hospital where I spent a week on intravenous antibiotics. After a month, I recognised the early symptoms and realised cellulitis had returned and doctor sent me back to hospital,for another few days on intravenous antibiotics. The infection had got into my bloodstream and I feel,there is no doubt,that my doctor's prompt action probably saved me from serious damage to my eye, brain or it could even have been fatal. I have been advised that it is possible that it could return but I am now aware that, if I get any symptoms at all, I go immediately to my doctor for treatment. Cellulitis is not something that should be ignored and, if in any doubt at all, see your doctor IMMEDIATELY.

I had cellulitis on my right but cheak.. it got really bad, turned black. I had sugery to cut it out. the infection did alot of damage. I had to go to hospital everyday for 2 weeks to be hooked up to ivy for meds.. its been 4 months and i still have a big black mark and still very sore, is that normal

My husband has been diaognosed with cellilitis ,he has had eight iv jnjections also oral antibiotics,it starts to look better then flares up again,when are the antibiotics going to fix it ?it is worrying

Yes, I too got cellulitis recently and was in for a real shock. I had never heard of this disease before it affected me. It came on suddenly in my right ankle while I was stretching it. I was sitting at that time. I felt sudden horrible pain and couldn't figure out what in the world I had done to my ankle. There was no wound, bite or opening in the skin that I could see. That was on a Wednesday night and I didn't get to the doctor until the following Monday. She got me on antibiotics right then luckily. Walking is excruiating and the near-constant pain is unbelievable and unbearable but icing and elevating it and taking ibuprofen has helped some. I bought my first cane at age 54 and use it to get from my bed to the bathroom and back. I walk like I'm 95. I also have a newfound respect for people that use them and wheelchairs, believe me! My swelling has gone done and my right ankle and foot is beginning to look more normal but the redness is still there. I wish I had gotten to my doctor right away instead of 5 days later - maybe it wouldn't have gotten so bad.
From reading everyone's comments I am very scared I will have this again. I wouldn't wish this disease on my worse enemy. It's very serious.

I just came back from getting my Rx BACTRIM, for what the Dr. called cellulitis. I was surprised because I thought it was a boil. I had a boil about two months ago but it was treated with a salve and by releaving the puss. Yes it was painful and the only thing you think about is hoping that it never comes back again. I didn't get seen for the boil and the one thing thr RN's I was working with said was that I could be in danger of it becoming an MRSA. I have no insurance and now am an unemployed secretary.

Back to my current condition: So the Dr. said it's cellulitis and I never thought it could be that. First I thought it was a spider bite. I had been dusting all weekend and by Sun night I felt a hot, itchy sharp bump on my lower left buttock. Not the best place and so uncomfortable. I squezed it thinking I could get something out to relieve the tightness. The bump was red and the area around it sore and hot to the touch. Still is and fells best when standing.

My thouhts are now that the last time may have also been cellulitis and not a boil. The last six months I've been working at a hospital as an administrative secretary for the ER. I touched door nobs and paperwork and I washed my hands constantly. I also worked a couple of hours a day in the Infection Prevention dept for the hospital doing data entry so I never thought I would get something I read about hundreds of times a day in the patient forms. More painful than scary.

I will let you know how the antibiotic works and if the swelling and pain goes down in a few days. I'm going on a job inteview in a couple of days so I hope I don't limp into my interview.

FYI - It's Wednesday night abd the pain is worse now than the first night and it seems that it doesn't get better with time. Dr. said he can't lance it or squeze anything out of it. He took a swab for testing and will let me know if a couple of days if it's an MRSA.

I sympathis with all postings on this site. I have just learned I have cellulitits on my face. This is the second bout in less then 2 months. WTF is wrong with Dr.'s these days? Why do they make so lite of life threatening illnesses. I live in So Cal. & Desperately need a Dr. that care enough to take this seriously please post any refereals you may have.

i have had three bouts of cellulitis had to stay in hospital all three times,it spreads in a matter of hours, have to take time off work its a nightmare,had cancer last year and think i get it due to having chemo and radiotherapy. if anyone can help with me not getting it again please help i cant keep having it.

I had cellulitis at the same time every year,normaly nov time.But the first couple or three times i had it twice a year normaly march time too,I think mine was caused by athletes foot between the toes.I'v now been free for about 5 years now,if anyone needs anymore input then feel free to ask.

I had Cellulitis about 5 years ago. I got it from a bee bite on the back of my left arm. I was fine for 2 days then within 12 hours I had so much swelling, redness and fluid on my elbow. I actually had to hold the fluid pack with other hand, it was the size of small honeydew. I was just released from the hospital a few days ago I have a pneumonia. The day I left the hospital I got the flu and pneumonia vaccines Same arm and near the area of the bee bite. I now have cellulitis. This is a much slower and not as severe version. I've been holding off until my doctor is available tomorrow, Monday morning. I hope I made the right decision to wait.

MY COUSIN JUST HAD THIS SAME DISEASE

I WANT TO KNOW DOES IGNORED CELULITIS FOR YEARS WORSEN THE CONDITION AND ROTTEN THE SKIN.MY GRANDMOTHER WAS EARLIER HAVING REDNESS ON HER LEFT LEG AS SHE IS NOT EDUCATED SHE IGNORED IT BUT AFTER YEARS HER SYMPTOMS GOT WORSE AND THE REDNESS OF THE SKIN GOT COMPLETELY BROWN AND PUSS CELLS ARE COMING OUT AND IT LOOKS AS IF THAT PART IS GETTING ROTTEN AND IT IS NOW MOVING TOWARDS HER RIGHT LEG.IS THIS DISEASE REALLY CELLULITIS OR NOT PLZ HELP AND REPLY TO MY QUESTION. IF IGNORED WHAT ARE THE FURTTHER CONSEQUENCES. WHAT TREATMENT NEED TO BE GIVEN.

My daughter (8 years) suddenly started complaining of pains in both legs and was very restless. What could that be? I know she fell down during the day but she didn't complain of pain at the time. About a month ago, she had a puncture wound under her left foot as was later diagnosed with cellulitis. It has long healed. Does it have anything to do with her leg pains. I need to know. onyiiuka@yahoo.com. www.marykay.com/oukadike.

i have cellulitis from a mitoxantrone infusion given to me to treat aggressive MS. My arm is very swollen and painful. It was where the infusion went in.

I'm battling cellulitis again--I've been able to keep it contained to my left foot so far and am on my second round of antibiotics. thank God the doctor I have now gives me refills. the worst bouts were from a spider bite. I was already sick, and by the time I got to the hospital I was out of my mind. couldn't remember what drugs I take, etc. fortunately I keep a medical file in the computer to talk for me when I can't.
The other horrible one was a result of my surgeon not taking the time to put in a drain. I had an impacted and actively infected salivary gland removed. I told him at the check up a week later that it felt like I'd popped a stitch. He just had me take one more antibiotic pill and told me to call the next day if I wasn't better.That's when I learned that it would be Monday before he was back in town. His partner saved my life and his ass. He came into the office just for me and admitted me at once. by the next day you couldn't get a sheet of paper between my abscessed throat and my collar bone and the pain was horrible. It was a Friday afternoon and it would have taken hours to get a surgical room. I've had nerve blocks on my back with just a local and that's what we did with my throat. even after the initial spray that shot up, he was able to take over 120ccs from inside the wound.It looked so bad that I ended up holding on to a nurse and comforting her because she started crying when she changed my bandage.I ended up having the surgery redone and ended up in the ICU for the first time in my life.
My surgeon was lucky. the only reason I didn't sue his ass off was because it would have raised the good doctor's malpractice insurance as well and he didn't deserve that from me. I've had a spinal fusion where I went home the next day. I spent 9 days in the hospital with cellulitis. I am so tired with having it pop up--I was on antibiotics for 30 days at the beginning of this year and I hate it sapping my life this way.

iam just geting 0ver cellulitis the pain is unbearable i had it in my hand i just hope i dont get it again

I have had cellulitis for about 3 months, but did not go to a medical doctor. I tried to cure it without knowing what it was, using acupuncture, homeopathy, clay packs, various balms, etc. It was in my right leg, and extremely swollen, hot, red, with crawling and biting/stinging. Aloe vera gel helped, everything helped but not enought, so I finally took antibiotics. My immune system had broken down by then, so it had also become a fungus infection!
I have been sleeping with my leg up on two pillows, to allow the lymph to drain overnight. It is always the best in the morning.
I hope this is the end of this, but many other writers say they have had it repeatedly over the years.

i am normally a fit and healthy woman of 44 years.i got a minute cratch on my right index finger,which was not even visable to the naked eye.24 hours later my finger looked like it was out of a horror film,my hole hand had swollen and my finger went black.by the time i got to the hospital it had tracked up my arm and gone into my pertruatry gland,the pain was dreadfull.i was given iv antibiotics and sent home with a months supply of antibiotics,even after i finish the whole course it took longer to go.it has left ny finger looking like i have been badly burned,then to my horror ,i got a new pair of shoes and had a small blister on the back of my ankle and now ny whole foot has gone red and swollen and is dam painfull,,i went back to the hospital and the first thing i was asked again is was i diabetic.i have had blood tests and the results were normal,and had done a fasting bm as requested by the doctor,i am at a complete loss as to the cause. i am frightened to have an acident or cut myself,or even by new shoes incase this happens again.my foot is now getting better but looks like i have had frostbite.it is like haveing the plauge

My name is christine, I'm 26, I woke up on a Wednesday with a slightly swollen ankle and thought nothing of it, my boyfriend thought is was a spider bite. I went into work to realize as the day went on my ankle had become more swollen and not so easy to walk on. I ended up going to the E.R where they gave me an I.V and sent me home with clindomyocin and percocet. The next day I woke up unable to walk, my ankle completely swollen and horrific pain. I went back to the E.R where they admitted me for how serious it had become over night. I am currently still in the hospital after almost a week with a great deal of pain, red swollen ankle, and still unable to walk. I am being told that it looks like it is filled with puss, and if does not drain on it's own I will have to go in for surgery to have a drain put into my ankle. I'm being told I could be in here for weeks if not a month or so. I do not recommend anyone getting this. This is the worst pain I have ever delt with and don't wish it upon anyone. I am currently taking I.V antibiotics as well as I.V pain reliever.

Can you get cellulitis in your bellybutton?I noticed awhile back a white hard pimple I thought,but it keeps coming back,and I have to use Peroxide to "melt' it away!My Dr. said cellulitis but didnt act too concerned,but aftre reading all of this stuff,now I am a little freaked.can anyone help me or give me a similar story and results?Please!

I am just now getting over celluitis myself. It started the end of August with a high fever.
The first Dr. i saw missed it completely when I told him my leg felt on fire. 2 ays later the fever broke and I noticed my leg calf was very red and felt hotter than before. i waited until the next night and went to the ER.
I spent 3 days in the hospital with 3 different antibiotic IV's before being sent home with a script for 2 more antibiotics.
needless to say I have been off work for a month resting and finally am feeling better.

Not funny at all!!!! First I had under my right arm.... Went to doctor, got antybiotics and after month or so IT came back-- under left arm. And then on my face, another on leg, then face again. So many difrent places!!!! Can not belive it is happening to me. I have so many scars and it is so hard to hide them. Espacially on face :/ Where is this s***t coming from? And how to get rid of it? Antibiotics are not helping me at all.

cellulitis is dreadful

email me jake66549@gmail.com i need to no what my grandma has is it cellulitis? i have a facebook and myspace

Ken,
Make sure that you take some probiotics to help counteract the damage all those antibiotics are doing to your stomach.

I had cellulitis at the beginning of this year and had it on my right foot tibia close to my ankle. My tibia started to turn red and felt hot and i went to the doctor who immediately got me hospitalised and put me on antibiotics and after a few days i was allowed to leave for home.Things started to get better for me until that now a few scars and scratches are appearing on the same spot where the infection took place. Can someone share his experience with me,i shall be most grateful.

Robert 24.08.2010.

ABOUT 18 DAYS AGO, I NOTICED ON MY LOWER
RIGHT LEG SOME REDNESS AND NO PAIN, BUT I
WAITED UNTIL THE SECOND DAY AND WENT TO
THE DR AND HE PUT ME ON 500MG LEVAQUIN FOR
7 DAYS AND THE REDNESS DID NOT GO AWAY AS
QUICK AS I THOUGHT THAT IT SHOULD...I WENT
BACK TO WORK AND THE ANTIBIOTIC HAD RUN
OUT ON ME ON A TUESDAY SEVEN DAYS AFTER
STARTING THE LEVAQUIN...I THEN WENT TO THE
ER ON THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY AND WAS GIVEN
THE FULL SCOPE OF EXAMS,BLOOD WORK, XRAYS,
ULTRA SOUUND, EKG AND WAS PUT ON 300MG OF
CLINDAMYCIN BECAUSE I CANNOT TAKE PENICILLIN. I AM TAKING THEM EVERY EIGHT
HOURS AND THEN I WENT BACK TO MY DR ON
WEDNESDAY AND LET THE DR ASSISTANT LOOK AT
THE WOUND..THERE HAS NEVER BEEN ANY VISABLE
WOUND, NO SORE, NO OOZING WOUND,NO VISIABLE
SCRATCH...I WAS TOLD THAT THE AREA LOOKED
AS THOUGH IT MIGHT BE HEALING EVEN THOUGH
IT LOOKED TO ME AS IF I WAS GIVEN A DEATH
SENTENCE...I HAVE NEVER RAN ANY KIND OF
FEVER AND MY BLOOD PRESSURE HAS BEEN NORMAL.
I THEN WENT BACK TO THE DR AGAIN ON FRIDAY,
7-30-2010 AND LET HIM LOOK AT IT SINCE HE
WAS THE ONE WHO SAW THE INFECTION IN THE
FIRST PLACE...HE TOLD ME THAT IT WAS
HEALING, BUT I STILL HAVE MY DOUBTS...
AFTER READING THE HORROR STORIES OF WHAT
CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS KIND OF INFECTION AND
THAT IT COULD KILL YOU, IT SEEMS LIKE IT IS
A DEATH SENTENCE. I HAD ANOTHER BLOOD WORK
DONE AND MY WHITE AND RED BLOOD COUNT DID
NOT INDICATE ANY INFECTION IN MY BLOOD
STREAM AND I AM TAKING THE CLINDAMYCIN
EVERY 8 HOURS, 3 TIMES A DAY...THE DR
SAID TO KEEP TAKING THE ANTIBIOTIC THAT
WAS PRESCRIBED BY THE ER DR AND NOW I AM
PLAYING THE WAITING GAME TO SEE IF THIS
LEG WILL EVER HEAL BACK TO A NORMAL LOOK
WITHOUT ANY OF THE COMPLICATIONS THAT GO
WITH IT..I HAD 2 ULTRA SOUNDS WITHIN 5
DAYS AND NO BLOOD CLOT WAS FOUND...I STILL
HAVE NO FEVER OR CHILLS WHICH SHOULD INDICATE ANY FURTHER SPREADING OF THE
INFECTION..I HAVE HAD EDEMA IN THE PAST, SO
I AM ON FLUID AND POTASSIUM PILLS ALSO...
MY LEG DOES NOT HAVE THE BAD REDNESS LIKE
IT DID ABOUT 18 DAYS AGO OR EVEN 7 DAYS
AGO, BUT IT IS STILL DISCOLORED AND
SPLOTCHY PINKISH FROM THE ANKLE TO THE
BOTTOM OF THE CALF...THERE ARE SOME SMALL
RED BUMPS THAT DID ITCH FOR AWHILE, BUT
NOT NOW...MY LEG IS NOT PAINFUL OR HOT TO
THE TOUCH, BUT IS STILL JUST A LITTLE BIT
SWOLLEN AT THE ANKLE..I CAN ONLY HOPE THAT
THE ORAL ANTIBIOTIC WILL HEAL THE INFECTION
WITHOUT GOING INTO THE HOSPITAL ON IV..
I HAVE NO VISIBLE SIGNS OF A LYMPH NODE
KNOT OR SWELLING AS YET..LIKE ALAN PRICE
SAID, THIS IS SCARY STUFF AND I TOLD MY
BROTHER-IN-LAW THIS MORNING, I WOULD BE
LUCKY TO SEE SEPT IF THIS WENT THE
WRONG WAY..I AM STRESSED OUT AND DEPRESSED
ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND I HAVE WORRIED MY
SISTERS, MOTHER, AND AUNT TO NO END ABOUT
THE INFECTION AS TO DOES IT LOOK LIKE IT
IS HEALING OR NOT...THE DR SAID THAT IT
LOOKED TO HIM THAT IT IS HEALING WITH
THE ORAL ANTIBIOTICS AND THEY RUN OUT IN
A FEW DAYS WITH NO REFILLS..LIKE I SAID,
I HAVE NO PAIN, NO TENDERNESS TO THE
TOUCH, NOT HOT TO THE TOUCH,SO I HOPE THAT
IS JUST A VERY MILD INFECTION THAT WILL
HEAL WITHOUT ANY COMPLICATIONS AND A
HOSPITAL VISIT..I AM ALSO USING A CREAM
CALLED CLOTRIMAZOLE AND BETAMETHASONE
DISPROPIONATE CREAM USP TO PUT ON THE
SKIN TO HELP HEAL FROM THE OUTSIDE...TO
SAY THAT I WAS NOT SCARED AT THIS TIME
WOULD BE A LIE BECAUSE I HAVE NOT GOT TO
THE POINT YET THAT I TRULY BELIEVE THAT
THIS INFECTION WILL NOT WIN..

I bought a new pair of Nikes and wore them for the first time with clean socks. At the end of the day my feet were on fire and itching in the pattern of the shoes and not the socks. Went to dr and got cream for the itch, went the next week and got prednisone. By the next week the itch was gone but got horrible cellulitis in my left foot. On my 2nd antibiotic and can still barely walk on the foot. The pain is tough. All this from innocently buying a pair of shoes.

I contracted cellulitis the day after total knee replacement. My mom and husband noticed that my leg looked different than the other one when I had it done in November. On the second day with the bandages off, they were adament about getting a doctor to look at me. I was diagnosed and moved to my own room. I was put on Keflex for two days and then switched to Clindamyicin for 15 more intraveneosly then 10 days orally. When the infection was still not gone I was put on levaquin for 10 more days. This was horrible, I had an adverse reaction to the levaquin and landed up in the hospital. I finished the treatment using anti-diarreha and anti-nausa medication and feeling over all really sick. I have been off of the anti-biotics for 10 days now and the infection has started to show it's ugly face. I am really bummed by this. In addition, I think that it may have spread to lips as they are swollen and red too now.

My brain has been fuzzy, my word recall ability was challenged, and I can't stay awake all day. I get car sick when I ride in the car and have just started driving myself as all of my help has had to go back to their lives. I don't go far, just to physical therapy and to town for food and mail. It is important to Remeber when one part of our body has an infection it affects the whole body. Our brains do not work right and it is important to know that and to make appropriate decisions.

My doctor is treating me for lymphodema, but my health-food-store guru determined my swollen, red feet, ankles, and calves to be cellulitis. It feels like my feet are ON FIRE. It's been 34 days now. My guru advised me to take Butcher's Broom capsules. I just started them and will post the results.

I acquire cellulitis almost evey year during the months of March or April. I live in Tucson Arizona and have not been able to determine the cause.

my name is maria lorena and i hav cellulitus for many years at first i had so many lymphs that i could not walk i cryed various times i had fevers for two weeks straight of 106 and i had lot's of redness all over my legs felt like they wanted to burst but i gave up on the drugs and the hospital they were great don't get me gone they would just cut the fever but the celulitus kept on till i could not walk, i lost my job my husband part of my family and my hair my self asteme and my dignity as a human being got to the point where i could not sit in any chair neither walk or go no where and i could only lay in bed on one side and i was not a big eater either but i kept gaining weight and gaining and gaining till i got to five hundred pounds it took ten paramedics and firefighters to pick me up and put me in the ambulance i went threw hell i never got rid of it till a couple of months ago i met some people from amway global and there natural products and from there on i got my strengh i got my hair back i lost weight without being in a diet and now i'm still heavy but i did loose 250 pounds and still loosing i liked it so much that i became a amway executive and now i work for them and i have cured many people with all kinds of problems with either cellulitus or any other problem they are natural products they do not get you sick and now i got my dignity my life back my health and my family, i have no kids because of this cellulitus and i did loose my husband he left me because he could not take care of me he felt disgusted of me he would say that i was a monster and i even fell into depression anxiety for many years but now i don't have him but i'm back thanks to amway and nutrilite products, listen people if you really really care about your self and if you are sick and tired of hospitals and you are serious in getting your health back ask me how and i will help you god has gave me a chance of life after also being intubated for many things three times and god finally heard me and took me into the right direction and now i'm happy walking and smiling back so if you wat help or information about this e-mail me at nenaduenas1@yahoo.com or look into amway global into nutrilite and once you try it you will like it, works good and fast you can come out and enjoy life again and smile i know now what i wan't and i want to help people that want to be cured so please if you need a way out no matter where you are do e-mail me i will try to do my best to help like i said i was in the most grewsome sicknesses that you can ever imagine. there is hope and there is god so if you read this god bless you and please it's time to do something about it don't loose hope like i did once, there is more life for us. thankyou bye yours truly maria lorena duenas

I have cellulitus in my foot via a surgical procedure. The doctors who did the podiatric procedure just missed the problem. I ended up in ER with my foot swollen and red looking like it was about to start rotting off. Two weeks of antibiotics and 6 weeks since a simple procedure and my foot still leaks and hurts.

My four year old has cellulitis at the injection site of her vacination. Her sister also had the same thing happen twice when she was receiving her shots. The sister in between these two did not have this issue. I was told the site was dirty. It was not, as they were freshly showered and I watched the alcohol swab before the injection. The lab work is crazy. I am confused as to wether or not to continue with her other shots.

I have what they believe is cellulitis right now in my upper lip. I look like one of those Avatar characters or Angelina Jolie's offspring! It is incredibly painful (for which LorTab was prescribed) and the doctor is very concerned with how quickly the swelling has spread. This started as what looked like a small zit halfway between my nose and my upper lip, and within 12 hours, had swollen (from under my nose including my lip) to approximately 5-6 times it's normal size.

I was given an injection of antibiotics, a scrip for oral antibiotics, and "just in case it's a cold sore" (rolling my eyes), Zovirax. I also have to go back in the morning if the redness has spread (it has) for another injection of antibiotic, and if it doesn't turn it around and start healing, the doctor said there is a possibility of needing IV antibiotics.

This is NOT stuff to mess around with. If you suspect you may have cellulitis, get to a doctor immediately and get it treated.

I had Cellulitis at the back of my eye. I went to 4 hospitals and they all misdiagnosed the problem as conjunctivitis. The 5th hospital correctly diagnosed the problem as Orbital Cellulitis which can lead to blindness and even death.

I set up a website with the photos:

www.eyeinfectionphotos.com

Alan, I can relate and empathisize with your pain and suffering with a bout of cellulitis. I, too, suffered horribly with a severe case of it. Mine was in February 2008 and it is believe that it came about after being in the hospital (unrelated admission) and having an IV inserted into my hand. It was approximately a week after that admission that I became sick with what I thought was the flu, but then the severe pain in my hand and arm began and I made a trip to the ER, where I was immediately admitted and placed on three different IV antibiotics. My fever did not go as high as yours, but was still significant (103.6 up to 104.2) The pain was absolutely HORRIBLE - nothing would help. Even the doctors that treated me did not fully understand what was happening - I even had one doctor tell me that he had NEVER in all his years of practice seen anything like what my hand and arm looked like. A couple of doctors repeatedly asked me if I had burned myself because my hand looked similar to someone who had suffered third and fourth degree burns. I endured test after test, HORRIFIC hours of physical and occupational therapy that included whirlpool therapy (which, of course, induced almost unbearable pain). And of course, the unavoidable side effects of all those antibiotics (uncontrollable diarrhea and nausea/vomiting). I was finally released after over a week in the hospital, but had a visting nurse coming to the house twice a week to assess my progress and every other day trips to physical/occupational therapy to regain the proper use of my hand. Fortunately, I made a full recovery, with the slight exception that the skin on my affected hand has that look of a healed burn (wrinkled and not all one skin tone). I was definitely very lucky - was told after the fact that I could very well have died from this infection. Very scary, especially when you hear that the infection came about because of something that was actually done in a hospital setting.

Hi there, my four year old son fell & sprained his ankle, due to the redness & swelling it was determined he needed blood work for a possible infection. Blood work was done,we seen doctor after doctor, MRI done,seen more doctors, is ankle progressively got better however they insist that he has cellulitis due to slightly elevated levels of reactive protein were 4.3,where normal is 0.3 & can be in the 80's. He has had no fever what so ever,it has been 5 days & the redness & swelling are almost gone,with only some bruising remaining. I have not given him the antibiotics that they have prescribed & I am leery as to if I should? I want to take him to a different hospital & have is blood levels checked again & a second opinion. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,Misty
Yes this is scary!

revised by adding a sentence is underlined, I submitted this experience a few minutes ago.

I had Cellulitis Dec 2008 in my legs, and by the time I realized what was happening, it felt like the flesh in my legs was filled with thousands of pieces of ground up glass. Walking was horrible, and as a 350 lb man dying of Multiple Sclerosis I had the worst time walking down the stairs to the waiting ambulance, where other rescue squads in Denver were prepared to handle a patient my size, this one wasn't. I don't overeat, or eat anything really, but when you go from being a svelt exercise machine to bed bound, every crumb of food I put in my body is turned to fat, I eat less than 400 calories a day in the form of a yogurt cup, or FiberOne cereal, and a fish oil capsule serving because I have severe hypoglycemia and low blood pressure. The pain was so unbearable my neighbors heard me screaming for hours, by the time I entered the ER I was almost immediately connected to a pain pump I could push when I needed more pain controlling narcotic. I will remember the pain more than anything. One day everything seemed normal, and in the course of one day flu like symptoms quickly escalated and worsened, until what seemed like "in the blink of an eye," I was regretting not filling out my living will. They said I almost died, when I got to the hospital I had such high fever of 107 I was hallucinating and suffering in spite of high dose dilaudid, methadone, and valium brought no relief whatsoever. I had to have bags of IV antibiotics changed 5 times a day, in addition to oral antibiotics, I was in the hospital 6 days, and endured much tests, pain, etc. Tests revealed two organisms which infected my blood as well, but they kept avoiding to answer my questions about that, I still don't know much about the blood infection, they kept asking me about my cat, he sometimes breaks my skin when walking on me. I do not have any other transmitted diseases. Everything I find to read about this disease just fails in my opinion to help me understand it any better. This is scary stuff.

I had Cellulitis before in my legs, and by the time I realized what was happening, it felt like the flesh in my legs was filled with thousands of pieces of ground up glass. Walking was horrible, and as a 350 lb man dying of Multiple Sclerosis I had the worst time walking down the stairs to the waiting ambulance, where other rescue squads in Denver were prepared to handle a patient my size, this one wasn't. I don't overeat, or eat anything really, but when you go from being a svelt exercise machine to bed bound, every crumb of food I put in my body is turned to fat, I eat less than 400 calories a day in the form of a yogurt cup, or FiberOne cereal, and a fish oil capsule serving because I have severe hypoglycemia and low blood pressure. The pain was so unbearable my neighbors heard me screaming for hours, by the time I entered the ER I was almost immediately connected to a pain pump I could push when I needed more pain controlling narcotic. I will remember the pain more than anything. One day everything seemed normal, and in the course of one day flu like symptoms quickly escalated and worsened, until what seemed like "in the blink of an eye," I was regretting not filling out my living will. They said I almost died, when I got to the hospital I had such high fever of 107 I was hallucinating and suffering in spite of high dose dilaudid, methadone, and valium brought no relief whatsoever. I had to have bags of IV antibiotics changed 5 times a day, in addition to oral antibiotics, I was in the hospital 6 days, and endured much tests, pain, etc. Everything I find to read about this disease just fails in my opinion to help me understand it any better. This is scary stuff.