I got badly bitten by an insect overnight (christ knows what) and woke up Wednesday morning with 3 huge itchy bites on my arm and one on my leg. By Thursday morning, they'd come up as huge red pulsing lumps and very hot to the touch, with around 4" of skin all around them rock hard and swollen. I got an appointment with a nurse at my surgery who diagnosed cellulitis, and gave me Doxycyline (100mg a day), telling me to double dose for the 1st day. I'm allergic to quite a lot of antibiotics so Doxycycline is the default I'm always given.
I've had to stay home today as my leg especially is pulsing, really hot and angry to touch but the swelling/redness hasn't got any worse. My arm is more swollen but the redness has reduced.
The nurse told me to give it 48 hours for a sign of improvement but my god the itching/pain is testing my pain threshold...........
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How long to feel better with cellulitis........
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Span1elsRock · 27/09/2019 14:04
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