One of the interesting things about healthcare is that diseases don’t stay the same. We’re seeing more high blood pressure but fewer heart attacks and bowels are definitely causing more bother with an ...

For patients with chronic leg edema and recurrent cellulitis, risk for future cellulitis is reduced by 77% by wearing compression stockings or wraps, researchers report. The effect was so striking ...

Accurate identification of periorbital and orbital cellulitis is essential for appropriate treatment. Givner reviewed the characteristics (see accompanying table) and treatment of these two clinical ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the deep layers of the skin. It develops when bacteria enter through a cut, bite, or wound — including tiny breaks in cracked, dry skin. Common skin-dwelling bacteria, ...

Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a bug bite or a rash, some of that bacteria can sneak in, potentially causing ...

Patients with extensive skin involvement, immunosuppression, underlying lymphedema, cirrhosis, cardiac or renal failure, or signs of systemic toxicity have complicated cellulitis. 7 Lymphangitis is an ...

One of the most common diagnoses in primary care is cellulitis. Streptococcus sp. and Staphylococcus aureus are the most common etiologic organisms of cellulitis and usually respond to empiric ...

Type 2 diabetes boosts the risk of infections like cellulitis. This higher risk may be due to several factors, such as the effects of diabetes on the immune system and the skin. Without treatment, ...