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Suggest Treatment For Cellulitis

My cellulitis has existed for about 4 months. The warmth and redness have disappeared but the swelling is still here, though has diminished quite a bit. Tightness still in my ankle and sometimes some pain. I do put my leg up often and use a compression stocking. Antibiotics have not been effective. Used a topical homeopathic ointment which seemed to help. Doesn t seem to be caused by an infection;most probably an autoimmune condition as I had my thyroid removed 5 yrs. ago with resultant fatigue. I m 87, 5 5 . I read recently that I should stay in bed most of the time with my leg up. Is that really necessary? Will this condition go away eventually? How can I improve my autoimmune condition?
Wed, 10 Feb 2016
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Hello There

i have gone through your question, I had a same case with swelling in ankle area because of the cellulitis,
I have found electro-therapy effective in the treating the swelling caused by cellulitis. We call this machine IFT [inter-ferential therapy].
An experienced Physiotherapy will give you IFT treatment at a frequency of 70-100 and if pain is there 20-30 frequency current would be used.
in the mean time you can start calf stretching to activate "pumping mechanism" of your calf muscles as Calf muscle is called as HEART of lower body. So once these muscles get activated swelling would not e a problem anymore.
Also try Isometric exercises of calf muscle.
I am hoping a speedy recovery for you.

regards
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Suggest Treatment For Cellulitis

Hello There i have gone through your question, I had a same case with swelling in ankle area because of the cellulitis, I have found electro-therapy effective in the treating the swelling caused by cellulitis. We call this machine IFT [inter-ferential therapy]. An experienced Physiotherapy will give you IFT treatment at a frequency of 70-100 and if pain is there 20-30 frequency current would be used. in the mean time you can start calf stretching to activate pumping mechanism of your calf muscles as Calf muscle is called as HEART of lower body. So once these muscles get activated swelling would not e a problem anymore. Also try Isometric exercises of calf muscle. I am hoping a speedy recovery for you. regards