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I was recently diagnosed with cellulitis and put on cephalexin. sometimes the swelling goes down but it always comes back up. is it really cellulitis?
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Tough to tell.: Cellulitis is infection with staph or strep. It could be that you need a different antibiotic, or you have persistent nidus of infection. Go back to the doctor for re-evaluation.
Answered 3/10/2016
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If the infection: is not responding to this treatment,return to your doc to show this.U can take pictures when it is the worst looking to show the Duc.
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