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What Causes Soreness And Swelling In The Lower Leg?

My mom s leg is red, sore, and quite puffy, from the knee on down. She was diagnosed with cellulitis and has been on an antibiotic since June 13th. First 7 days worth, seemed to be better but within 1 day of being done with the antibiotic, it started to come back. Went on for 5 more days, but didn t get better, now only worse so they have her on a different one. Could it be something else?
posted on Sat, 30 Jun 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

Please, do not worry. Changing antibiotics is usually done in treatment failure. Cellulitis is caused by an infection and antibiotic therapy is the mainstay of treatment. It can be caused by variety of bacteria. Sometimes, treatment may failure or get prolonged when bacteria becomes resistant to the antibiotics used. It that cases antibiotics needs to be changed. You doctor may also test sensitivity of the bacteria to antibiotics and prescribed combination of antibiotics. The treatment with antibiotics may take up to 3 weeks depending on her condition.

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What Causes Soreness And Swelling In The Lower Leg?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Please, do not worry. Changing antibiotics is usually done in treatment failure. Cellulitis is caused by an infection and antibiotic therapy is the mainstay of treatment. It can be caused by variety of bacteria. Sometimes, treatment may failure or get prolonged when bacteria becomes resistant to the antibiotics used. It that cases antibiotics needs to be changed. You doctor may also test sensitivity of the bacteria to antibiotics and prescribed combination of antibiotics. The treatment with antibiotics may take up to 3 weeks depending on her condition. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.