Cellulitis is acute rapidly swelling and inflammation of skin and soft tissues,it occur due to break in skin barrier.
Local redness in skin, swelling ,pain , warm skin , uneasy ,vomiting.
Fever , tachycardia, tenderness in leg , erythema in leg , edema, occasionally septicemia, uncontrolled blood sugar
Microorganism :-Staphylococcus aureus and streptococcus pyogenes.
Cellulitis sometime confused with varicose eczema due to resulting erythematous inflammation
Cellulitis is treated with broad spectrum antibiotic and compression dressing and limb elevation.
Strict pt. blood sugar control and supportive treatment.
We have seen few people use magnesium sulphate and glycerin mix for dressing of cellulitis due to osmosis it dry the skin n do the further damage.