Cellulitis coming back?

[TanDabis]

My mom caught cellulitis in her leg almost a month ago. She spent over a week in the hospital and sent home with meds. She wasn’t able to walk but now she’s walking around a little bit, her legs are peeling as well and a little color is coming back in it. Thing is she’s still in a little pain and tonight I felt her leg and it was kinda hot. Could it be that the cellulitis is coming back?

[Lynora]

Quite possibly - recommend you see a Doctor asap - are you in UK?

[Panda57]

Sorry to hear how bad your Mums cellulitis has been. I had it in foot and leg and didn't know anything about it as I hadn't been diagnosed at clinic but when I went the nurse said you have cellulitis you may need more than 1 course of antibiotics I was so worried I had never seen a foot swollen and look so disfigured. It made it even harder to move about as I have M. S and osteoarthritis but my feet and legs were very hot and I had a terrible itchy rash. My legs and feet were hot a while back and had district nurse out but she said it wasn't cellulitis. But maybe for you Mum best to have her seen so a professional can say if it's back maybe the lost course of antibiotics didn't clear it up totally as it seems like it was a bad case of it. I do hope your Mum gets sorted and is back feeling a little more comfortable. Take care and keep safe.

Melanie

[HazieC]

I’d get to the gp to have it checked, hope she feels better soon

[MrGC314]

Yes, most importantly, check back with your doctor but my last occurrence with cellulitis was long and painful. My leg peeled and was bright orange for about two months. Several rounds of amoxiclav 875 and 2 days in the hospital and the leg bothered me for months later. Suffering from lymphedema and cellulitis for about 30 years or more, I have found the only real thing that helps it is weight loss and controlling your weight, watching the salts and not overdoing it. There's no surgery that can ever correct lymphedema which is usually the cause of cellulitis. I dropped 30 pounds and have never had a recurrence of cellulitis and I religiously wear compression garments. Hope Mom is ok.