This is an important video about a serious inflammatory condition. Do not post mindless comments about cellulite. There will be other places to do that. Don't insult the minds of people in acute pain.
I woke up yesterday with a swollen middle finger. I thought it was odd but went about my day. My finger was getting progressively more painful and swollen. By 2pm I decided to go to the doctor. She wanted to look at my arm, which I had not looked at myself yet. There was this ugly red streak flowing from my finger along the back of my hand and towards my elbow. Needless to say she gave me antibiotics and strict instructions to take them on schedule and to finish the entire prescription. I have a follow up tomorrow. The infection seems to have stopped spreading but what is scary is how fast this can develop.
I was concerned about my leg showing redness, swelling and edema. I thought it was a cellulitis. It concerned me enough after watching the video. I went to the ED. Turned out to be cellulitis but also a very large thrombus. Being treated with antibiotics and anticoagulants. Further tests showed Pulmonary Emboli x3. I and glad I watched this video. It started me on the right track towards healing.
It turned out to be a huge blood clot in leg 18 inches long. If your symptoms are quick to occur, please go to a hospital. It may be a blood clot as the symptoms look alike.
My entire left leg swelled up to nearly twice its normal size. I went for a week before going to the doctor. My doctor was not seeing patients that day so I saw a nurse practitioner. She checked my leg and told me to sit still for a moment while she left the room to check on something. A minute later she came back in followed by my regular doctor. He looked at my leg all of 3 seconds then asked me what Hospital I wanted to go to. I checked into the hospital and spent a week with my leg elevated and receiving IV antibiotics. After a week my leg was back to normal. About a month later it did it again, except this time I stayed at home in my own bed, with my leg elevated, and took antibiotics I purchased from a veterinarian supply company. About three days later my leg was back to normal and the cellulitis has not returned after ten years. The hospital bill was over $40,000.00 Dollars. For one week requiring nothing but IV antibiotics and something to eat, a $40,000.00 bill was insane.
What antibiotics did you purchase? I also know this is cellulitis - I am going to the doctor tomorrow because it is the first time I’ve had it, but my son had it a long ago - but I am just curious in case in comes back
I ended up in the hospital for 2 weeks fighting this infection off with very strong antibiotics. I will be leaving the hospital tomorrow and still have to have antibiotics through a midline for the next 2 weeks. It hurts like hell and I wouldn't wish this on anyone. Beware people. It spreads too
So sorry, I hope you get better soon. I never had this in my life, never imagined I would get it. Mine progressed so fast that I couldnt treated at home. Was stung 7 times on my legs by a cloud of vicious wasps. Next day in the morning saw a mild swelling on ankle, 2 hours later all hell broke lose and half of my leg swelled big, red, feverish and hardened skin and awful pain +lymph nodes hurting... crazy, crazy.. 1 shot of tetanus+ steroids and sent home with antibiotics...
Thank you for this video. I was shitting my pants all night. The Dr drew an outline of the red zone I got a penicillin shot with doxycycline. The redness has not grown. I almost had an anxiety attack earlier
I appreciated this video. I had gout, for a few weeks, now they think I may have developed cellulitis. I'm concerned because I am a kidney transplant patient. and it all stemmed from a gastric virus during Xmas, to a blood clot from the IV I had, and the Dominoes effect has been crazy since. 1 mth out of work, painful gout from one foot to the other , blood clot and gout in right arm. I can't tell you the pain is way off the charts. I'm praying I don't have cellulitis, that it's just a really bad gout attack. I hope to know more tomorrow. thanks for the video content .
As a person who has experienced Celluitous of the ear, I can tell you it is one of the most painful things you can experience. I was on the floor screaming in pain while my ear was swollen shut. I could have died since the doctor the day before told me it was a middle ear infection. I went back the next day and learned it was a serious case of Cellulitis.
@@huntertyre1037 oh wow, yeah that sounds serious.. they just sent me home with pills.. doesn't seem to be getting better though, so I'll probably go back in the morning.. I'm so over this 😩 did it take you long to recover?
I've been dealing with Cellulities for the 5th time in 5 years. Please study up on this serious skin bacteria infection and get in as early as possible to the ER if your famiky doctor is not in. My face is where it happens. God's Blessings.
Thank you for asking. I am doing much better . My face has ckeared allot but still has more to go. My energy is coming back a little at a time. My hesrt goes out to any one who bsttles this demon of a challange! Another hsrdship is when a person male or female gets it on the faceit us nit eastpy to deal with. God's Blessings. Kathy
I am fighting it on the lower legs for the last 2 yrs been in the hospital with an IV of Antibiotic worked after 5 Days went home & on other Antibiotics, By mouth for over a Year Which is to long to be on it etc., I am reading about the great results of taking & using on the skin Pure Virgin Coconut Oil, figured what do I have to loose at this point, Read up on the cures of this great Oil, It's info is all over RU-vid videos etc.
@@MyREDTAIL Look up gentian violet, apple cider vinegar (with the mother), Manuka Honey and Betadine and their effects on it. Also we carry it in the nose. Manuka honey in the nose if it's itching there along with betadine will help keep it from recurring.
I have had it on and off for about 4 months and it gets worse each time. Just took antibiotics for 7 days and 4 days after finishing, its back again! I’m starting a second course of stronger antibiotics for 10 days, doxycycline this time and also trying a topical cream called Silver Gell which has silver the metal as the active ingredient and seems to reduce the spreading. Wish me luck! I’m not overweight or diabetic and I’m only 35 so it can hit anyone, not just high risk people.
I feel for you dude! I suffered through the stuff several years ago. Took a long time to get better, and thank God it hasn't returned. It initially started as mild soreness, then progressed to a 105 degree fever. Thought I had the flu at first. I rode out the fever, and my right leg was red as fire the next morning. My doctor put me on huge doses of Bactrim for over a month. She had to take me off of it for fear of messing me up. Walking and elevating the limb does a world of good. I also had to wear a compression sock, which isn't very comfortable after a couple hours. It pays to address any small wound or tear in the skin. My infection came as the result of athlete's foot.
@@Lex5576 You all wouldn't believe the effects of betadine and manuka honey. It really knocks it out. That and tea tree oil soap. There are studies on this at ncbi and elsewhere. Just google :effiacy of betadine (or whatever else you use) against cellulitis/staph/impetigo.
What do you do if you think you have it under your eyes? I have a appointment in a couple of days but I also have Grave's disease and Celiac's disease. My eyes are driving me crazy. Very hard to see and went to the eye doctor a couple of days ago. Pray they find out what else is happening to me. I'm struggling with a lot. Thank you for your video!
I used some antibyotic 1. fluclosilin 500/ 2. cefuroxime 250 first one 8 day and second one 7 day then I see some improvment but after compliting antibyotic doses 2 or 3 days the cellulite is come back now what I do for rid this cellulitis
I've been fighting venous ulcers infected with cellulitis for years. A year ago September I developed sepsis spent 26 days in the hospital and was given I.V. antibiotics (cipro) twice daily, and was given doxycycline orally after discharged. This past summer was admitted to the hospital 3 times, each stay for 3 days, and I still have the infection.
My leg suddenly swelled to tree trunk size and I could hardly put my weight on it (200 lbs). The whole ankle was screaming painful to touch and to articulation. When I stood up, the blood surge made it feel like the leg was going to split wide open. I went to the ER. After hours and hours and hours, I was quickly seen by some kind of assistant. She glared at my now bare foot, shreiking about my not spending my time and money on pedicures. They routed me to get a sonogram and CBC. After more hours and hours, I was visited by some sort of forest elf, intoxicated on his own fumes, with two shadows, furiously scribbling notes, dangling on his every participle. "Hi, I'm Dr Blowers, oh, your ankle is toasty. Here are some pills. Have a blessed day".....Then I got the bum's rush out the back door. I got a small bottle of Keflex. Over the next 6 days, I struggled with a leg which looked like it was verging on gangrene any minute. I went back to the ER. They rolled their eyes. They repeated the sonogram and CBC. A different Dr actually took time to look at the leg, palp it for the crackling sound of gangrene and compared it to the other leg. His recent graduation from med school caused him to look at references for treating cellulitis and concluded that he should add sulfamethoxazole to my prescription. Finally, a bright twinkle in the mind of a present day "doctor". The swelling went way down in a day. The stabbing pain nearly gone. If only Dr Blowers had done this 6 days earlier, I would have been over it and never had to make a second trip to the overcrowded ER. Make a note - Sulfamethoxazole + Keflex should be the standard of care for anyone presenting with cellulitis.
My mum just passed away from the cellulitis infection, its started with mild fever, itchiness, swallen, maybe late treatment just within a week, 2days before death, she takes antibiotics but does work😢😢, she doesnt want to go to the hospital, worried of the leg amputation, she does not have diabetes
I've had cellulitis twice. 9 yrs ago I stayed in hospital for 5 days. Just last week I got it again in my left leg. I went to emergency room sat for 10hrs before being called. They did ultrasound for blood clots, blood test, Dr said it wasn't in my bloodstream. Gave me antibiotics I was sent home. I took it for 10days leg still hurts but some swelling has gone down. But I still have pain around my ankle. I'm thinking of going back to ER but I'm terrified of the 10hr wait.
@@Inksplash52 I did go back they admitted me and gave me antibiotics directly intravenously. That did the trick. All gone. They also gave me advice on how to clean legs properly daily. And gave me lotion to keep my skin smooth. So far, my legs have never looked this good.
Unfortunately , there are so many people who have little money and no insurance . Self treating at home is their only option and can become dangerous .
Four months ago I started having pain in leg all day every day. I was told that my sciatica nerve is acting up again and two days later I couldn’t walk or stand up and I would just fall down. I thought I had a seizure in my sleep and hurt my leg and I got news back beginning of this month I had bruised muscles idk how. And now last week I woke up to patches of nerve and swelling in upper thigh and swelling in my leg again and I have no feeling in my lower leg below my knee and feet are hurting me because I am numb kneecap to down
Wow had this because of 2 swollen calluses on the palm of hand.I had to get surgery ASAP!I got it from gripping hand tools in construction without gloves.I almost lost my hand and my life.
Just happened to my face. Woke up with my face swollen shut. Went to urgent care, $400 day. Antibiotics, steroids and a topical. Glad I caught it when I did. The forehead is close to the brain, can lead to other things if untreated. Have to be careful and wash your face !!! Lesson learned!
Cellulitis appeared on my index finger, and started like a spider bite. From the index, the infection went to the adjacent finger, and to the hand. The index finger healed after taking 7 days of cephalexin, but the middle finger is sick now. My skin was intact and I’m applying some oregano oil to see if it helps.
I developed cellulitis a day after being stung by a swarm of wasps 7 times on my legs. It progressed rapidly by the minute in my case, so I couldnt treated at home.. its awful, painful and can be very dangerous if you don't get it treated. I arrived to the hospital with a very red, swollen leg, pain, hardened skin tissue and local fever on the skin. Was served in priority and given a shot of tetanus+steroids... feeling awful, tired, medicine gave me insomnia (restlessness). Redness and swelling has decreased, but still feel sick, nauseated and generally feeling of sickness of a sort, just not myself..
Are you okay now? I developed cellulitis on my arm following a severe burn. I was in the hospital receiving IV antibiotics for three days and just took my last dosage of antibiotics today. This has been going on a little over a week now and I’m so scared.
@@venus4189 Sorry to hear about that. I'm fine now, but was very sick for a while. Remember that antibiotics are very harmful to your body, so you need to make sure you take a very good probiotic and strengthen your immune system. I Take 5 caplets of Vitamin D3 because with blood work we discovered I was highly deficient. Also sink, to fight pathogens, such Covid, bacteria and any other viruses... hopefully Vimergy liquid form. Vitamin C daily... all of this to bring your immune system to a better level. Check the Medical Medium on facebook for more insight. Good luck, get better, stay strong and do not fear.
Going through my first ever bout of cellulitis ….. this sucks… it’s on my face , neck and head. Treated yesterday at the minute clinic. Great service. But the pain with this ailment has been unreal. This is nothing to scoff at.
Lee watson - It can, has, and absolutely has happened. If the infection isn't tended to within a reasonable time, it spreads to other areas both externally and internally which then leads to your bloodstream absorbing the infection. Thus, resulting in Septicemia. :/ Unfortunately, cellulitis often is a very rapidly developing infection. Before you know it, within only 24 to 36 hrs of noticing even the SLIGHTEST of symptoms or that something isn't right, you'll be experiencing pretty intense redness, swelling, pain, and etc. Unfortunately, cellulitis is not something to play around with and can become VERY serious VERY quick. :( I am currently dealing with a VERY nasty cellulitis infection. 36hrs ago I BARELY, ever so slightly, grazed my left ankle on the bottom of a dog kennel fence. Not even enough to break the skin to cause bleeding, more like a surface scratch. Then, within literally hours (about 8 or 9hrs later) I started feeling a little pain. I didn't think much of it and just assumed that it was because it was a sensitive area. I went to bed while elevating my ankle while sleeping, and then when I woke up my ankle was almost twice it's normal size and it hurt like CRAZY, like it was being burned/touched with fire! the area was extremely swollen, about 5" away from the scratch in every direction, and extremely red, hard, and hot to the touch. At that moment, I just knew something wasn't right. So, I tried icing it for the day, staying off of it, and overall just trying to nurse it/baby it, with the thought that maybe I had just really aggravated the area by my sock rubbing the scrape, or my shoe, or etc. But, by 9pm, it was almost triple the size of my ankle and very painful when touched. On a scale of 1 to 10, with a 1 being equal to a mosquito bite and a 10 being a gunshot wound, it was genuinely about a 6 or 7... :/ I also started getting really bad chills, a scratchy sore throat, my body was becoming/is really achy, and I had a fever of 101.4F, all within a matter of 24hrs or so of getting the little scrape. The ER doctors said that if I would've waited another 6 to 8hrs or so, I would've been in very serious shape requiring immediate hospitalization and quite possibly, at a minimum, needing amputation to try and keep the infection from traveling. :/ But, they explained that when getting a fever from it, the bacteria is already spreading within the body slightly, and it would only get worse until finally "doing you in" via septic shock, organ damage, and the list of possibilities went on. I hope this information helps you out with your question. :) They prescribed for me to be on a hefty dose of Doxycycline for the next 10 days to clear the nfection. I pray and hope that it does it's job, as this is very painful and very scary. As a 30yr old, average white male in average health and build, I never thought I'd have to worry about something like this, as I thought cellulitis was more of an elderly person infection, or a "dirty person" infection (lack of hygiene). But, just goes to show how much I was wrong, hehe. Good luck!
Justin LaMontagne - yep, All better now! :) BUT, I had some VERY nasty complications arise after my last post prior to getting better. So, I took the meds, started feeling slightly better around day 2'ish of the antibiotic. On day 4-5'ish, I started having REALLY bad body aches, chills, and an instant fever that shot up to 103. So, back to the ER I went! Lol. Turns out, that due to the cellulitis attacking me so harshly, it had knocked down my immune system pretty good during the intial downswing and I ended up getting a HORRIFIC upper respiratory infection. Then, after battling that upper respiratory infection while on the antibiotics already, I ended up with walking pneumonia for a couple weeks afterwards that took some very heavy antibiotics to finally curb. But, all better now! :) So, yeah, apparently cellulitis is nothing to play with. I went from TINNNYYYY little scratch on my ankle that barely even broke the surface of skin, to ending up with walking pneumonia... I was basically sick for a month straight and bedridden on and off for about half of that. :/ So, if anyone ever has a scrape, cut, or knick that doesn't feel right or seems a little over-tender ands hot to the touch, GET IT TREATED AND HANDLED ASAP! lol
Wow I have it on both lower legs been in hospital on IV Antibotics & on Cepfalexin 500 MG 3x a day for a year which is much to long to be on any Antibotics I have been reading & hearing about the cures by using Pure Extra Virgin Coconut Oil taking it 3x a day plus rubbing it on the skin to fight off the infection, the results I read are Amazing figured what do I have to lose by giviing the Stuff a chance & see hoe it goes etc.there are some amazing stories on RU-vid about the cures using Coconut Oil etc.
I just recently got cellulitis more less near my elbow. I was givin cephalexin 500mg pills for it and to use Triamcinolon cream. I also was givin Benadryl pills to use for iching. cause it itches at night.
Very similar. Mine is on my inner arm near the elbow most likely caused by a bug bite. I was given 500mg Cephalexin as well to take 4 times a day for 5 days as well as given hydrocortisone ointment for the itching. The redness has gone done some but it's still there and still itches from time to time. I'm curious if yours successfully went away?
@@savanimaythe redness I had is gone. I still have some on my arm I still been using my Triamcinolone Acetonide cream USP, 0.1% mine kind of looks like its scared up. Cause I cant under stand why it's not gone.
carrie white yeah, it’s embarrassing. This is 2nd time of having it. Haven’t told my doctor because I went to urgent care for another matter & he put me on keflex 500 3 times day 30 capsules. I’m hoping this takes care of the cellulitis too.
My mom in a year suffered 4 times . Out of which two times she was admitted to hospital. As she is 56 years old with so many antibiotics medicine she is getting weaker and tired and deppressed
Got an antibiotic shot in the butt muscle and from THAT ended up with cellulitis in the spot of the shot.. can you say OOOOOOOOWwww! If i could stick a pin in it and make it go away, I would It hurts so much. Never getting a shot there again!
I would love to see a doctor discuss alternative and natural methods of healing. Such as Gentian violet, Manuka honey, Betadine and organic coconut oil. Whatever you choose to do, please realize the symptoms indicating a systemic infection or possibilities of gangrene and severe infection.
@clemintine fakeface Uh, of course you are entitled to an opinion. I had strep throat, pink eye, and a horrible case of impetigo and used exactly the things I just recommended to heal it. Without ever seeing a doctor BECAUSE I did research into medical papers and research. It worked. The Gentian violet I mentioned is a simple dye, one of which is used on the umbilicus of newborns to prevent infection. So take it with a grain of salt if you like, but I am telling you it worked. So, the next person can research this themselves and decide whether it is valid advice. But hours of research went into finding these studies and patient commentary on forums about what they used or didn't use. And what worked. None of which had SIDE EFFECTS like pennicillan which are listed here www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/penicillin-oral-route-injection-route-intravenous-route-intramuscular-route/side-effects/drg-20062334 Nor are any of the things I mentioned something which the bacteria able to develop a tolerance to. Staph is able to develop antibiotic immunity. So say what you want or actually do your research. Manuka Honey is used in hospitals for resistant strains of staph (which develops a bio-film which is why it becomes resistant) I'll hand you (or whoever) a couple papers on the effectiveness of the items I mentioned. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4837971/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC271835/ www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5109859/ coconutoil.com/coconut-oil-offers-hope-for-antibiotic-resistant-germs/
@@clemintineorgasmface4019 Lol, you think that two paragraphs are a book? And, I didn't write that for you. I wrote it mostly for people who are suffering from this disease which is notorious for its ability to become resistant to antibiotics.
Helping Hands - what kind of coconut water? is it available in stores? I have it on my foot and its getting worse, I was given a 7 day course of antibiotics and they did nothing, just slowed it down. Now I am getting red spots all over my body, I’m scared
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