What is Cellulitis Disease?

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About Cellulitis Disease:

It is a serious deep infection of the skin caused by bacteria.
It most commonly affects the lower part of your body, including your legs, feet, and toes.
However, it can occur in any part of your body. It also commonly appears on your face, arms, hands, and fingers.
Normal skin can be affected by cellulitis, but it usually happens after some type of injury causes a skin break, including trauma or surgery.
The infection happens when bacteria, most commonly streptococcus and staphylococcus, enter through a crack or break in the skin.

Cellulitis Disease Symptoms:

The affected skin is swollen and inflamed and is typically painful and warm to the touch.
Some people develop blisters, skin dimpling, or spots. A person may also experience other symptoms of an infection, such as fatigue, chills, cold sweats, shivering, fever, and nausea.
Left untreated, the infection can spread to the lymph nodes and bloodstream and rapidly become life-threatening.
Cellulitis isn’t usually contagious. Though rare, people contract cellulitis if they have an open wound and have skin-to-skin contact with an infected person’s open wound.
Treatment includes antibiotics.

Q1. What are Antibiotics?

Ans. Antibiotics are medicines that fight bacterial infections in people and animals. They work by killing the bacteria or by making it hard for the bacteria to grow and multiply.

Source: Spread of Cellulitis Disease Causes Panic in Karimnagar