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.
- 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.
