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If early treatment with antibiotics are not effective, your doctor may take a blood sample and the skin to identify specific bacteria are present so that he can choose a more effective antibiotics. Other laboratory tests are usually not useful except for bacteremia (bacteria in the blood), sepsis, or another disease is suspected. Cellulitis is an infection of the dermis layer of the skin. The infection can also spread to tissue under the skin. Cellulitis is more common in the legs or hands, but can occur on areas of the body. Cellulitis infection can cause your skin to swell up and separated from the tissue and bone below it. Treatment can reduce symptoms like pain and swelling. The treatment also can stop the spread of infection, and heal the infection completely. This is caused by bacteria that enter the body through a hole in the outer layer of the skin, most commonly in the legs. Symptoms include redness, swelling, heat, and pain of the affected area.
To prevent cellulitis, you should still be careful to keep your skin so that it will not be cracked, cut, or scratched. The bacteria that cause the infection enters through small cuts or cracks in the skin. Make sure that you use a lotion to keep your skin hydrated and keep the nails and toenails short and be careful not to cut the skin around them. In addition, you must wear shoes that fit properly and protective when playing sports. If you already have a wound on your skin, keep it clean and covered with a bandage. You can also use antibiotic ointment, such as Bacitracin, to prevent bacteria from invading the region. Watch cut to the symptoms of infection, redness, drainage or pain and your doctor immediately if you notice anything.
If you have symptoms of cellulitis (redness, swelling, heat, and pain in the area is limited), you should speak with your doctor immediately so you can get antibiotics to treat the infection. You must take all the antibiotics that doctors decide, even if you feel better after a few days. After the infection has been cleared, make sure that you save all the cuts on your skin clean and closed so you won't get cellulitis again. For the most part, doctors will diagnose cellulitis symptoms you experience and based on how the skin looks. Sometimes, a sample of blood or pus will be taken so that the doctor can identify certain types of bacteria that make you sick. However, this step is only necessary if the infection does not respond to antibiotics or if doctors had not ruled out other conditions with similar symptoms.