What is Cellulitis?

What is Cellulitis?

• Cellulitis: Inflammation of skin or subcutaneous tissues.
• Cellulitis: An acute, diffuse, and suppurative inflammation of loose connective tissue, particularly the deep subcutaneous tissues, and sometimes muscle, which is most commonly seen as a result of infection of a wound, ulcer, or other skin lesions.
  Source - Diseases Database
• Cellulitis: an inflammation of body tissue (especially that below the skin) characterized by fever and swelling and redness and pain.
  Source - WordNet 2.1

Cellulitis: Introduction

Types of Cellulitis:

Types of Cellulitis:

• Facial cellulitis
• Arm cellulitis
• Lower leg cellulitis
• Perianal cellulitis - affecting anal skin area.
• more types...»

Broader types of Cellulitis:

• Streptococcal Infections
• Bacterial diseases
• Skin conditions
• more types...»

How serious is Cellulitis?

Complications of Cellulitis: see complications of Cellulitis

What causes Cellulitis?

Causes of Cellulitis: see causes of Cellulitis
Causes of Cellulitis: Cellulitis begins with minor trauma, such as a bruise, usually to an extremity. (Source: excerpt from Group A Streptococcal Infections, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
Risk factors for Cellulitis: see risk factors for Cellulitis

What are the symptoms of Cellulitis?

Symptoms of Cellulitis: see symptoms of Cellulitis

Complications of Cellulitis: see complications of Cellulitis

Cellulitis: Testing

Diagnostic testing: see tests for Cellulitis.

Misdiagnosis: see misdiagnosis and Cellulitis.

How is it treated?

Treatments for Cellulitis: see treatments for Cellulitis
Prevention of Cellulitis: see prevention of Cellulitis
Research for Cellulitis: see research for Cellulitis

Society issues for Cellulitis

Hospitalization statistics for Cellulitis: The following are statistics from various sources about hospitalizations and Cellulitis:

• 0.46% (59,040) of hospital consultant episodes were for cellulitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 76% of hospital consultant episodes for cellulitis required hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for cellulitis were for men in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 50% of hospital consultant episodes for cellulitis were for women in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 95% of hospital consultant episodes for cellulitis required emergency hospital admission in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
• 9.3 days was the mean length of stay in hospitals for cellulitis in England 2002-03 (Hospital Episode Statistics, Department of Health, England, 2002-03)
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Organs Affected by Cellulitis:

Organs and body systems related to Cellulitis include:

• Skin
• Subcutaneous tissues

Name and Aliases of Cellulitis

Main name of condition: Cellulitis

Class of Condition for Cellulitis: bacterial

Research the causes of these diseases that are similar to, or related to, Cellulitis:

• Cellulitis infection
• cellulitis treatment
• cellulitis symptoms
• Inflammation of skin
• Skin infection
• Group A streptococci
• Staphylococcus aureus
• S aureus
• Group B streptococci
• Fungal cellulitis
• Erythema
• Escherichia coli cellulitis
• E colicellulitis
• Gas gangrene
• Perianal cellulitis
• Facial cellulitis
• Lymphangitis
• MRSA

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