tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089072714834124605.post8493474062502159532..comments2023-10-02T08:55:10.206-07:00Comments on Jeff and Emma's self-build blog: Pikeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02186045957994765034noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7089072714834124605.post-49940076930938471202009-06-10T09:32:32.459-07:002009-06-10T09:32:32.459-07:00Oi cheeky, I can diagnose you from afar. You have...Oi cheeky, I can diagnose you from afar. You have bacterial cellulitis, probably caused by staph aureus or step pyogenes. They probably started you on a crappy dose of 250mg of flucloxacillin possibly with 250mg of penicillin V times a day. Then when it wasnt working they probably raised the dose to 500mg or maybe even a gram. If that didn't work they would have used a cephalosporin or clinomycin. <br /> Draw a line in marker pen around the edges of the red bits, they should have done that for you already, that way it's easier to see if it is receding. <br />If the new antibiotics don't show signs of improvement in 48 hours, the redness expands rapidly, you get a high temperature above 38.5 degrees or you notice red streaks that look like long scratches extending up towards your armpit called ascending lymphangitis then go to A+E dont bother with your GP, hes probably rubbish, especially if he started you on a crappy 250mg dose in the first place.<br />email me anytime and less of this appendix thing I wasn't a doctor thenVic, Chief, Clairehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05414678637203310426noreply@blogger.com