cellulitis
Deep skin infection
Cellulitis is a bacterial skin infection that spreads beneath the surface, causing redness, swelling, warmth, and pain.
It typically enters through a cut, crack, or insect bite and can spread rapidly if untreated: The doctor prescribed antibiotics for the cellulitis on her leg.
Not to be confused with cellulite, which is dimpled fat tissue.
Elevated body temperature
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- painBodily or emotional distress
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
- warmthHeat you feel
redness · swelling · malaise · fatigue · streaking · spreading · throbbing · tightness
Cutaneous vascular flushing
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- warmthHeat you feel
- swellingAbnormal tissue enlargement
- indurationAbnormal tissue firmness
edema · tenderness · pain · streaking · spreading · demarcation · borders · inflammation
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
- methicillinSynthetic penicillin antibiotic
cultures · resistance · pathogens · microbes · bacteremia · superinfection · biofilm · cephalosporin
Dangerous inflammatory infection response
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- necrotizingCausing tissue death
- fasciitisInflamed connective tissue bands
- gangreneTissue death from bloodlessness
bacteremia · osteomyelitis · lymphedema · recurrence · amputation · hospitalization · debridement · surgery
fever
Elevated body temperature
- chillsShivering spells from illness
- painBodily or emotional distress
- tendernessGentle, caring quality
warmth · redness · swelling · malaise · fatigue · streaking · spreading · throbbing · tightness · itching
erythema
Cutaneous vascular flushing
induration · edema · tenderness · pain · streaking · spreading · demarcation · borders · inflammation · pyrexia
staphylococcus
Spherical bacteria in clusters
- streptococcusSpherical bacteria in chains
- antibioticsBacteria-destroying medicines
- penicillinFungus-derived infection fighter
methicillin · cultures · resistance · pathogens · microbes · bacteremia · superinfection · biofilm · cephalosporin · clindamycin
sepsis
Dangerous inflammatory infection response
- abscessLocalized pus collection
- necrotizingCausing tissue death
- fasciitisInflamed connective tissue bands
gangrene · bacteremia · osteomyelitis · lymphedema · recurrence · amputation · hospitalization · debridement · surgery · scarring
leg
Ambulatory limb
arm · face · eye · orbital · periorbital · breast · scrotal · abdominal · wound · bite
diabetes
Metabolic disorder affecting glucose
- obesityExcess body fat condition
- lymphedemaSwelling from obstructed drainage
- immunocompromisedReduced ability to fight infection
edema · eczema · ulcer · wound · surgery · injection · trauma · crack · fissure · tinea
- skin conditionseczema, psoriasis, hives, dermatitis, rash
- infectionsviral infection, bacterial infection, fungal infection, parasitic infection, bacteremia
- Fever Causesflu, cold, COVID, malaria, pneumonia
- skin problemswrinkles, eczema, acne, lesions, blackheads
- bacterial infectionsanthrax, botulism, cholera, diphtheria, lockjaw
- inflammationacute inflammation, chronic inflammation, pain, heat, swelling