I saw a doctor, not the same one that took 3 HOURS to see, but he is in the same office. I apparantly have cellulitis in my arm. So now I am on antiboitics to slow it down. The doctor said another Yellow Jacket sting my kill me, I’m going to remember that when I am stuck on my back, blinking for ‘yes’ or ‘no’..
Cellulitis:
Cellulitis is an infection of the deep subcutaneous tissue of the skin. Cellulitis can be caused by normal skin flora or by exogenous bacteria, and often occurs where the skin has previously been broken: cracks in the skin, cuts, blisters, burns, insect bites, surgical wounds, or sites of intravenous catheter insertion. The mainstay of therapy remains treatment with appropriate antibiotics. Skin on the face or lower legs is most commonly affected by this infection, though cellulitis can occur on any part of the body. The disease is often called John Wayne’s disease due to the limp that some sufferers develop.
Erysipelas is the term used for a more superficial infection of the dermis and upper subcutaneous layer that presents clinicially with a well defined edge. Erysipelas and cellulitis often coexist, so it is often difficult to make a distinction between the two.
Cellulitis is unrelated to cellulite, a cosmetic condition featuring dimpling of the skin.
August 15th, 2008 at 8:23 pm
Our local college team is named the Yellowjackets as those little buggers are all over campus. That image looks so painful! Hope yours isn’t that bad.
August 16th, 2008 at 11:55 am
Thanks Lisa, my arm looked very much like that, I had nasty looking bumps in the red area too!