How do people get cellulitis?

Crack in skin: Bacteria invade lymphatics amd blood through a crack in the feet- ath tees foot or through trauma that allows entry.

Getting celllulitis: Cellulitis comes from scratching your skin with dirty nails. The infection can spread if untreated. An immune compromised person or a diabetic are more prone to it.

Many causes: Cellulitis is basically a visible inflammation (itis) of the skin and soft tissues (red, hot, swollen and tender) . It can be caused by many things including sunburn (radiation), trauma (sprained ankle) or poor vein circulation (stasis dermatitis). It need not be caused by bacteria. If you have repeated episodes of this, get to a wound care or vascular specialist, the diagnoses you have is wrong.

Usually : It involves some breakdown of your skin as a barrier from infection. This can be related to trauma or skin disorders like psoriasis. This barrier compromise allows for infective agents like bacteria to "set up shop" and lead to the infectious process known as cellulitis.

Skin infections: Hi FRivera, cellulitis is a superficial infection of the skin. It is usually treated with antibiotics. It is not a chronic disease. There may be other health problems that can cause it to recur such as diabetes, obesity, poor circulation, steroid use, chronic swelling, open sores, and unclean skin. Addressing those issues should help keep it from coming back. Hope that helps.