Doctor explains CELLULITIS (skin infection) | Causes, symptoms, treatment (plus photos)

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  • Опубликовано: 30 окт 2024

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  • @rebekahsteeper
    @rebekahsteeper 6 месяцев назад +25

    I didn’t realise cellulitis was an actual infection. Thank you .

    • @DrODonovan
      @DrODonovan  6 месяцев назад +3

      You’re welcome

  • @sobekstephanie
    @sobekstephanie 6 месяцев назад +3

    thanks-very good to know especially about serious issues within eyes

  • @hidensqueak007
    @hidensqueak007 4 месяца назад +13

    I'm on my second round of antibiotics. First a week of doxycycline, then cephalexin for a week ends tomorrow. As of today it has spread towards my outer elbow. It is currently in the crease of my elbow. It has never been tender or painful. Very minimal warmth. No blisters. Just the redness with a little lumpiness underneath. I see the doctor again tomorrow since it has spread. I'm scared that it will reach my total elbow that was done 4 years ago. This is very bad. Hopefully she will have a better game plan for tomorrow's visit.

  • @deankay4434
    @deankay4434 3 месяца назад +5

    Using a wash cloth on infection transferred other ankle with no problem. They socks, underwear and jeans can transfer certain bacteria to other parts of the legs. Now after months of no problems it is red & skin is painful to the touch. 66 and this stresses the entire system. Thank you for your info! Saved to private file for future reference.

  • @anntaylor4247
    @anntaylor4247 7 месяцев назад +8

    I've had this in both lower legs. I was on holiday in Australia at the time and fortunately had great care. I also had a check up before being allowed to fly back to UK. Very informative, thank you.

    • @DrODonovan
      @DrODonovan  7 месяцев назад +1

      You’re welcome

  • @michaelronn1396
    @michaelronn1396 7 месяцев назад +5

    Very helpful -- thanks for posting this today.

    • @DrODonovan
      @DrODonovan  7 месяцев назад +1

      Glad it was helpful!

  • @jasmine1372
    @jasmine1372 5 месяцев назад +1

    currently dealing with this:/ what’s the difference between draining and abscessing? there’s not much information about proper care online and my doctors weren’t much help either. the main thing that really helped was warm compresses and normal epsom salt baths. the 4th day into treatment i was at my worst and it was so painful to do anything at all and mixing a fever in was so hard. i’m thankfully finally feeling better and the hole that was seeping for 3 days finally has skin grown over so i’m very grateful🎉

  • @marion3777
    @marion3777 7 месяцев назад +3

    Doctor O Donovan thanks for the video you explain a lot about cellulitis is it best to keep your legs covered

  • @karengavin8430
    @karengavin8430 3 месяца назад

    Thank you. Much more informative that my "infectious specialist" doctor has been in the last 3 visits over a period of a month and a half with zero improvement.

  • @Alecvee1
    @Alecvee1 4 месяца назад +7

    Currently fighting cellulitis , hurts like crazy

    • @iankearns774
      @iankearns774 Месяц назад +1

      Been fighting it for over two years, the clindamycin clears up symptoms but it comes back again 6 weeks later. Having said that I am a Coeliac and dont always eat as I should so not getting nutrients in my system as I need to. I get it on the shin but my feet swell a lot as well, I thought I might be diabetic but I am not. Ongoing battle, Dr at the hospital said it might keep coming back and he was right.

  • @JIMKATSANIDIS
    @JIMKATSANIDIS 7 месяцев назад +4

    Informative, very helpful and well presented video! Thanks for sharing it with us Dr. O'Donovan! Keep up the good work! 🙌❤👍

  • @tyvekwallet
    @tyvekwallet 7 дней назад

    My grandpa had this for years in his legs and is finally getting it taken care of, is there a different treatment for prolonged cases?

  • @jonatrhankarski2696
    @jonatrhankarski2696 5 месяцев назад +1

    Just had three factors that played into my current condition with cellulitus. Edema,sorta scraped my shin and got infected somehow along with vein damage from likely the gym. Hospitalized for bout a week and also surgery on damaged veins sometime soon.

  • @rolanddelcy8884
    @rolanddelcy8884 6 месяцев назад +4

    What would be a recommended cream after the cellulitis treatment to keep the skin well moisturised?

    • @MrClitheroe
      @MrClitheroe 6 месяцев назад +2

      I'm not a medical professional but I have got this condition and was prescribed Cetraben. I am also on antibiotics (Flucloxacillin).
      DEFINITELY consult a medical professional.

    • @JoyDan347
      @JoyDan347 3 месяца назад

      @@rolanddelcy8884 I was advised to use aquafor , it’s greasy but works great

  • @yahkson7
    @yahkson7 13 дней назад

    right now my left leg is swollen and it hurts but I got the antibiotics so hopefully by a couple of days I'll be better

  • @TrickyS92
    @TrickyS92 3 месяца назад +5

    32 years old and currently having issues with this 😢

    • @NineTwo_JQ
      @NineTwo_JQ 2 месяца назад

      Same age and same shit ! Lil cut turned it on my leg smh had to get 3 shots n shit

  • @brandivine33galaxian
    @brandivine33galaxian 6 месяцев назад +3

    Just found out I have this. But I can't get to the hospital for another 18 hours... I'm having severe pain and feverish symptoms now. I hope I'll be able to be treated without insurance or a way there for the next 18 hours. I'm having am anxiety attack.

    • @Strongest_hoomans
      @Strongest_hoomans 6 месяцев назад +5

      I just figured I have cellulitis too. I've been cleaning mold from the floors of my room and I believe some of that got in a cut in my knee. It is my best opinion to stay calm. Know that the pain is only from the inflammation, and that nothing is disfigured . Stay strong, I pray for you.

    • @JamesWaite-b1q
      @JamesWaite-b1q 4 месяца назад

      You need to seek medical treatment immediately whether you call 911 which I had to do in order to get to the hospital immediately I was not able to walk it was in my my feet and my legs the pain was extremely severe I had to have a cream to use on my legs pain medication which was Percocet Tylenol during the day cream to apply to the affected area I was put on doxycycline add cephalexin those are the two antibiotics that I'm still currently on​@@Strongest_hoomans

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions Месяц назад

      How are you doing now?

    • @brandivine33galaxian
      @brandivine33galaxian Месяц назад +1

      @@HopefulInterventions im better now as far as i know. got an emergency examination of it. healed the breakout, and ive been practicing mediation, sound healing, dieting, etc... and beginning to remove addictions such as cigarettes and so on... My body is beginning to heal.

    • @HopefulInterventions
      @HopefulInterventions Месяц назад

      @@brandivine33galaxian Great 👍 Nice to hear. Keep it up!

  • @supercaptainbatdoggy
    @supercaptainbatdoggy 5 месяцев назад +4

    How do you tell the difference between cellulitis vs phlebitis?

  • @chachee15
    @chachee15 4 месяца назад +2

    I have it on my finger and been on antibiotics for 1 day. The swelling is still there. Does it need to be cut open to let out the fluids? Or just keep taking the antibiotics for the week?

  • @latanyahartwell9331
    @latanyahartwell9331 Месяц назад +1

    How do you find a cream for your face cellulitis

  • @dadumurga
    @dadumurga 6 месяцев назад +4

    I recently was diagonosed with cellulitis. Although the redness and pain have gone, but the swelling is there. Also my skin has stretched and hardened that the movement causes pain. Please guide

  • @frozenrozes7957
    @frozenrozes7957 4 месяца назад +4

    i had a severe cellulitis when i was younger, my whole face was swollen and eventually i couldnt open my eyes. they took 26 tubes of blood and tested every freakin disease includin anthrax etc. actually serious diseases. so they didn't know what i had. 4 doctors and a whole bunch of med students. never again.

  • @andrewj4442
    @andrewj4442 4 месяца назад

    Absolutely! Thanks for the advice!!

  • @tammyperry5980
    @tammyperry5980 4 месяца назад +2

    I literally let the ER with this 06/25/24 and it's scary

  • @KattMurr
    @KattMurr 5 месяцев назад +1

    I am currently dealing with very painful cellulitis in my left ankle and foot. This is the second time I've gotten it. Last year I got it in my right foot/ankle, then my left. Same thing happened this year...not happy about it...not sure why either...

    • @AK-ce9ky
      @AK-ce9ky 4 месяца назад

      Same here. Left ankle and foot. It's been very difficult for me.

    • @pammyj1000
      @pammyj1000 25 дней назад +1

      The same thing happened to me and I’m pretty sure it’s from damaged veins because I stand up at work sometimes to 10 hours a day so I did a deep dive on what to do at home and I found a video that says to elevate the feet and do foot exercises and within 30 minutes the swelling had gone down substantially. It’s because your blood flow goes all the way down your feet but if you have damage veins, it’s hard to get the blood to go back up due to the valves in the veins, that’s why the exercises help is because it pushes the blood flow back towards the heart inflammation goes down and the risk of getting cellulitis goes down significantly. It helped me a lot. Good luck.

  • @v1005970
    @v1005970 4 месяца назад +2

    Quick question please.. doctor told me that I do have cellulitis... my ankle and foot on my left leg below the knee are swollen us that normal for it..

  • @summermiller8736
    @summermiller8736 2 месяца назад +1

    I am watching this bc I have cellulitis on my pelvis and notice it bc I feel something hard and swollen thought it was a hernia or cyst and I went to the hospital

  • @markalexander3659
    @markalexander3659 Месяц назад

    I'm type 1 diabetic and was diagnosed with Cellulitis in my lower leg 4 days ago. I was prescribed Flucloxacillin (500mg, 4 x day) but it hasn't gotten any better and has also started discharging brown stuff. Does that mean they aren't working and I need to go back to the doctor?

    • @njgeneroso5498
      @njgeneroso5498 Месяц назад

      Hey dude is your cellulitis gone?

    • @markalexander3659
      @markalexander3659 Месяц назад

      @@njgeneroso5498 It's much better now and almost gone, thank.

  • @JoyDan347
    @JoyDan347 3 месяца назад +2

    Just got discharged from hospital with cellulitis & sepsis, almost died . Got from scratching from psoriasis!!
    How do I get rid of swelling in my ankle, I elevate as much aspossible but not getting better! Help

    • @Gurkha9
      @Gurkha9 3 месяца назад +1

      Try compression socks

    • @nanniecath528
      @nanniecath528 2 месяца назад

      See your Occupational Therapist to be fitted for the correct compression stockings - very important.

  • @emiliaesstial
    @emiliaesstial 4 месяца назад +1

    My husband got something like that. What can you do?? But from bite of insects?? How long it's takes to go away??

    • @zoyabattol754
      @zoyabattol754 2 месяца назад

      Is he's fine now??

    • @emiliaesstial
      @emiliaesstial 2 месяца назад

      @@zoyabattol754 his ok now he took antibiotics and got some topical ointment, he had to go to three doctors, forced them to give antibiotics because they wouldn't that killed whatever bacteria that bit him. Thank God

  • @glennwhitt-hs7rh
    @glennwhitt-hs7rh 2 месяца назад +1

    I'm 57 years old and fell off my porch and cut my knee on concrete and cellulitis entered through the cut. The cellulitis infection is about 7 inches by 2 inch wide . I took one little IV bag of antibiotics and I have to take 7 days oral antibiotics now. This is not fun.😮

  • @RaphaelMichael-y6m
    @RaphaelMichael-y6m 17 дней назад

    how can treat cellulitis by chiropractic

  • @MaryPetrauskas
    @MaryPetrauskas 5 месяцев назад +2

    I fell and it looks like this on my hand its very painful

  • @judithpolak3116
    @judithpolak3116 Месяц назад

    My sister has this infection and it is on her feet and hands .She is putting rubber gloves on her hands to protect the save to treat this is that ok.

  • @joellelatouche2936
    @joellelatouche2936 28 дней назад

    Bnjr docteur Dolovan svp dit moi jai eu( cellulitis ) oct 2023) je suis guerie maintenant je sens une veine je pense ,quelle est la solution pour (cellulitis)svp merci

  • @carldeshazer7946
    @carldeshazer7946 Месяц назад

    Does it ever go away. I spent 10 days in the hospital on power intervenes anti-biotics. Yet it still lingers in me.

  • @ashleygillispie1
    @ashleygillispie1 2 месяца назад +1

    I had to go by ambulance to hospital bc I had a spider bite made a hole in my leg it busted tons of blood it’s causing severe pain up my thigh got put on 2 antibiotics for 10 days

  • @anthonysaggio6551
    @anthonysaggio6551 3 месяца назад +1

    Keep getting if was out of for 6 weeks and it came back why does this keep happening what kind of doctor should I see very frustrating 😢

  • @markalexander3659
    @markalexander3659 Месяц назад

    "if you're unconscious, seek immediate medical attention" - lol, how?

  • @Sumana-u8o
    @Sumana-u8o 2 месяца назад

    Hi sir
    I’m from India
    Want to contact with you
    My father is suffering from cellulitis it’s been 1 month we tried our best please guide me.

    • @DrODonovan
      @DrODonovan  2 месяца назад +1

      Hi I’m sorry to hear this. Due to medicolegal reasons I’m unable to provide individual medical advice on this channel

    • @olgaalmeida1103
      @olgaalmeida1103 2 месяца назад

      .​@@DrODonovan95

  • @bryanduchane2371
    @bryanduchane2371 Месяц назад

    I swear u got May be in jeopardy

  • @rain7096
    @rain7096 3 месяца назад +1

    👍

  • @gulshan983
    @gulshan983 5 месяцев назад

    Sir I can call you