Get Virtual Care
For Businesses
About Us
A member asked:
Please help! what is the drug for diabetes with cellulitis and osteomyelitis?
2 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
Imprecise ?: You take whatever meds you need to get sugar controlled and you take correct antibiotics for bacteria they culture from/ or assume is causing your cellulitis.
Answered 5/16/2014
4.5k views
Thank
Have it evaluated.: Cultures would help in determining the appropriate antibiotics.
Answered 3/16/2014
4.3k views
Thank
Related Questions
A member asked:
What is the mechanism by which drug users get osteomyelitis?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
How long before antibiotics heal cellulitis? My doctor said I should feel better in a few days. Well its been three days and i still feel horrible and my arm is still red and painful. Should i wait a little longer for the drugs to work or should I call m
6 doctors weighed in across 3 answers
A member asked:
Hello . what are the treatments for bacterial skin infections ( impetigo, cellulitis, furuncle etc ) ?? name of drug needed?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
A member asked:
Please help! what is the difference between lid abscess and orbital cellulitis?
A doctor has provided 1 answer
People also searched for:
What is the prognosis for diabetes with cellulitis and osteomyelitis?
I just got out of the hospital with cellulitis could it be a bone infection. An not from a cut on my toe? I think i cracked my ankle 3 weeks aho
I'm slim, no diabetes, but got Cellulitis from a tiny nick on thigh. Will this keep recurring? Will I have to obsess over every shaving bump, bug bite and scratch? This has never happened before, and I have no "risk factors" for it, yet have it?
I have a small, very firm induration on inner thigh, and being treated for Cellulitis. I am slim, 49, no diabetes, and this began as a tiny pimple on leg. Although antibios have helped Cellulitis, the hard lump still remains. What should I do next?
I had some ultrasounds and they reported low pulses in the ankles. I also have diabetes and what looks like starting ulcers and cellulitis. What doc?
Didn't find what you're looking for?
90,000 U.S. doctors in 147 specialties are here to answer your questions or offer you advice, prescriptions, and more.
Ask your questionMore of what we treat
Content on HealthTap (including answers) should not be used for medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment, and interactions on HealthTap do not create a doctor-patient relationship. Never disregard or delay professional medical advice in person because of anything on HealthTap. Call your doctor or 911 if you think you may have a medical emergency.
HIPAASecure
SOC 2 Type 2Certified
JCAHOAccredited
Download HealthTap
Video visit and message your doctor
