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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swollen Insect Bite On The Right Jaw

I was either stung or bitten by something on my right jaw near my ear, my right jaw is painful and was very swollen, have taken some Tylenol and then ibuprophen and some of the swelling has come down, have also put some after bit cream on the area. wasn t sure if I keep on this track or do I need to seek care
Fri, 30 Jun 2017
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hi,
thank you for putting up your query on HCM.
as per your history, you have infection due to insect bite.
my treatment advise would be:
1. take a course of antibiotics preferably of cephalosporin group if you are not allergic to it for 5 days.
2. you can continue taking pain killer, tab ibuprofen thrice a day.
3. you need to apply topical antibiotic cream like fusiderm or mupirocin Cream twice a day.
4. take levocetrizine once a day, if itching is present.
it will take at least 5 days to heal.
if it increases or becomes more painful, visit a doctor nearby.
wishing you good health.
thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Painful Swollen Insect Bite On The Right Jaw

hi, thank you for putting up your query on HCM. as per your history, you have infection due to insect bite. my treatment advise would be: 1. take a course of antibiotics preferably of cephalosporin group if you are not allergic to it for 5 days. 2. you can continue taking pain killer, tab ibuprofen thrice a day. 3. you need to apply topical antibiotic cream like fusiderm or mupirocin Cream twice a day. 4. take levocetrizine once a day, if itching is present. it will take at least 5 days to heal. if it increases or becomes more painful, visit a doctor nearby. wishing you good health. thank you.