Celluitis In Mams Legs

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My mother suffers from osteoporosis, arthritis and fluid in the legs. She is now housebound but her legs have been red and sore for about two years. We have just been told she has celluitis and she is on all kinds of drugs for her other conditions including morphine. They have recently gave her antibiotics but she's had reactions with them. However, every time doctors have been out to see her and the acute care team, they have always commented on her legs. But they haven't done anything about it. Now I have read this can be fatal if left untreated. She has just been admitted into hospital because of how she was feeling. What can I do about this when one doctor is saying she can't get infection in her legs and the other one is saying different

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Hello, Paul! How are you?

What treatment is she receiving in the hospital?

Cellulitis is a bacterial infection, so yes, she could get it in her legs, or virtually any other part of the body that has skin and deep tissue, as explained by the NIH.

What type of reaction did she have to the antibiotics? The FDA lists the typical side effects as possibly including nausea, dizziness, headache, non-allergic skin rash and diarrhea.

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Hello, she had all off those you mentioned including a leaky valve in the heart. However, since this was back in March, she is recovering quite well with bedrest for an hour morning and afternoon with her legs raised higher than her chest height. Swelling is down and not as red

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