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Venous stasis ulcers, cellulitis, finished 3rd antibiotic 10 days ago. pain, swelling, puss & odor, now 100 fever. do i need to go to the er?
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Yes: you should be seen urgently, but you need to take care of your venous insufficency issue as this most likely is causing the swelling and not allowing ulcer to close.with an open ulcer you are having repeated episodes of cellulitis. overuse of antibiotics can lead to issues e.g resistance and worse diarrhes
Answered 2/23/2017
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Ulcer cleaning.: If you have an infected venous stasis ulcer and associated pus and cellulitis then you need to have this treated as soon as possible. The ulcer requires cleaning (debriding) and wound care and the infection requires antibiotics. Following this, the source of the venous ulcer needs to be addressed as well as the the underlying venous insufficiency.
Answered 10/11/2018
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