Apply warm, moist compresses to the site to aid the body in fighting infection by increasing blood supply to the tissues. Rest until symptoms improve. Cure is possible with 7 to 10 days of treatment. Call your health care provider if symptoms indicate cellulitis may be present. Call your health care provider if you are being treated for cellulitis and new symptoms develop such as persistent fever , drowsiness , lethargy , blistering over the cellulitis, or extension of the red streaks.
Cellulitis is caused by a diffuse infection in the skin tissue and is usually red, hot, and painful.
The infection may increase rapidly and is usually red, hot, and painful. The area of redness increases in size as the infection spreads. The center of the circled lesion has been biopsied.