How dangerous is celluitus?

Varies: Cellulitis is an infection in the skin. It is normally treated with oral antibiotics at first. If treated early with appropriate antibiotics, many times it can be cured easily. However, cellulitis also has the potential to spread and become a potentially dangerous infection requiring hospitalization and IV antibiotics. Treatment can depend on location and other conditions a patient may have.

What's the cause ?: 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.