subject: Cellulitis Skin Infection Basic Tips [print this page] What is cellulitis infection? How can I prevent this? What are the main causes? How do I know that I got this disease and many other questions that worried many people every day. I will try to explain some basics with purpose to reduce initial shock, who is certainly present when appears this very common and very unpleasant skin infection.
This type of skin infection knows no gender or age, it affects all age groups, from the youngest to the oldest people. It is not difficult to recognize if you know which are the main symptoms and even they can be divided into local and systemic. Local symptoms reflect the only place affected by this disease while they are systematically symptoms that can affect any part of the human organism.
The most common symptoms generally are:
1) inflammation and redness of affected region,
2) sensitivity and pain to touch the skin,
3) warmth of infected skin to the touch and of course,
4) swelling of affected skin area.
This type of infection is usually caused from normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria types, inflammation generally starts at the point where skin was previously broken (cuts, blisters, burns, cracks in the skin, surgical wounds, sites of intravenous catheter insertion etc.).
Diagnosis for this skin disease usually consists of three important steps.First step contains examination of patient medical records and medical history, after that follows most important step in diagnosis process - the physical exam .Process of diagnosis usually ends with certain blood test in order to confirm presence of bacterial disease.
In case that diagnosis process confirm presence of infection important is to treatment process start as soon is possible.In this circumstances antibiotics are usually best solution for heal this type of infection, used orally or intravenous depending of severity affected skin area. In case of recurrence of disease treatment with antibiotics may last up to several months.
Conclusion: Cellulitis is a very common infection that affects people of all ages and can occur on any part of the body.Main cause of infection is bacteria (staph or strep) and treatment should be start as soon as possible. This type of disease is subject to very rapid and uncontrolled spread if not treated can cause serious damage to human organic structure.
