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Old 29-11-2007, 11:09   #2 (permalink)
Terrie
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Originally Posted by vbwig View Post
My brother has been recently diagnosed with type 1 diabetes (3 months ago).

He is having frequent cellulitis/cellulitus attacks to his left leg beneath the knee to the ankle. These attacks occur roughly every 3 weeks lasting for a week.

His treatment from the hospitals so far has been anitbiotics which temporarily fixes the problem, but it has come back 6 times and nothing has been suggested which fixes the problem rather than delay it.

Can anyone recommend anything for us to look at - creams, foodtypes, anitbiotic courses, causes etc. please?

Many thanks everyone!
Hello There and Welcome to the Forum. I wish it was under
better circumstance. I feel for your Brother. It doesn't sound
like a mild case if the anti-biotics haven't worked. I wonder if
he has Varicella as well.

I guess you've read up on Cellulitis already but here's another
link with the causes and at the bottom, treatments and medications.
I'll look around but I doubt there are any special creams, etc. since
anti-biotics are indicated.

We pray that your Brother recovers from this nasty condition. All the
Best to him.

eMedicine - Cellulitis : Article by Danny Lee Curtis, MD
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