What is cellulitis? Cellulitis is an infection in the skin caused by bacteria in which the skin becomes red and swollen. It can appear anywhere on the body, but it usually shows up on the legs in ...

Dr Ranj, a regular on BBC Morning Live, said it can make skin painful, hot and inflamed. "It can look completely different on different types of skin. It can look red, but on darker, black and brown ...

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Dr Ranj said can become life-threatening if not treated promptly with antibiotics ...

Your skin usually deflects any bacteria it encounters, protecting you from all sorts of infections. However, when you get a bug bite or a rash, some of that bacteria can sneak in, potentially causing ...

For patients with chronic leg edema and recurrent cellulitis, risk for future cellulitis is reduced by 77% by wearing compression stockings or wraps, researchers report. The effect was so striking ...

Primary lymphedema is increasingly recognized in children, and prevention of tissue damage is the main goal of care. 1 Infections such as cellulitis occur among patients with lymphedema. 2 Data on the ...

Dear Doctors: My husband and I help my aunt with doctor visits. She has a persistent wound on her foot and was diagnosed with cellulitis. She has confused it with cellulite and isn’t taking it ...

One third of patients admitted to the hospital for cellulitis were discharged with a different diagnosis, according to a new single-center retrospective analysis. The researchers estimate that ...

Cellulitis is an infection of the dermal and subcutaneous skin layers that gives rise to red, swollen, hot, and painful skin. Cellulitis sometimes develops on areas of broken skin due to an ulcer or ...

A well-known TV doctor cautioned that the condition could turn life-threatening if not treated quickly ...