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What do you suggest if my boyfriend believes he has cellulitis?
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Seek care: Evaluation by physician is indicated as antibiotics would be required to treat the cellulitis . Warm soaks can help increase blood flow to area to deliver more antibiotics.
Answered 7/27/2014
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