Lower extremity cellulites:

October 19th, 2006 by admin

How it occurs??

The cellulites are the spreading bacterial disease of the skin.
The celllulitis are lesions or the swelling or the infection in the underlying and the adjoining epidermal tissue layers. These generally occur in the area of broken or open skin due to some other injury. This majority occurs in the lower extremities, which are poorly supplied with the blood due to the infection. Raised red, swollen areas characterize the familial cellulitiis. These areas are generally hot. Sometimes one may suffer from febrile chills.

Who gets them??

One who is suffering from Athletes’ Foot, one who has swollen legs, some previous attack of cellulitis, poor immune system or HIV positive and diabetic. These factors retard the immunity, which would be shown by the body immunity. The diabetic person has lower resistance to the flow of blood and lymph fluids. These are thus too prone to the diseases.

Causative agent:

This is caused by a variety of bacteria like the Strptococcus and the Staphylococcus aureus. The cellulites after a dog bite or a cat bites caused by a Pasteurella multocida bacteria.
Cellulitis due to nail puncture occurs due to Pseudomonas. The bacterium affects to the areas of the body, which are affected due to the injury.

Symptoms:

The lesions in the skin are mainly in the areas, which are supplied with the blood or the lymph containing the infected bacterium. This causes reddening of the skin, commonly called ’stasis dermatis’. There is another manifestation called The Impetigo, which is the superficial infection of the skin and its tissues. The disease will definitely vary in the type, occurrence and the route of entry in to the body. Accordingly the lesions exhibited will help to conclude over the particular types of diseases.

Treatment:

Antibiotics could treat Periorbital cellulites. Antibiotics such as Cephalexin, diclolaxilin are useful. Col wet dressing applied to the infected parts. Antibiotics are continued for ten days or even longer till the symptoms appear again. Thus the daily dressing of the affected areas and use of herbal ointment is a good alternative to the costly treatment methods. Hydro massage treatments. These forms of treatments are very beneficial because, these have a certain-pressure required which causes a smoothening effect.
Technorati: Cellulitis