What is cellulitis?

Cellulitis is an acute, spreading infection of the deep tissues of the skin and muscle that causes the skin to become warm and tender and may also cause fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, and blisters.

How do members experience cellulitis?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with cellulitis*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for cellulitis*

Who has cellulitis on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 31
40s 55
50s 94
60s 102
70+ 74

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 87
Female 263

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What is cellulitis?

Cellulitis is an acute, spreading infection of the deep tissues of the skin and muscle that causes the skin to become warm and tender and may also cause fever, chills, swollen lymph nodes, and blisters.



Common symptoms reported by people with cellulitis

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for cellulitis

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Compare treatments taken by people with cellulitis

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have cellulitis through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with cellulitis? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has cellulitis on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 77 say cellulitis is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 5
30s 31
40s 55
50s 94
60s 102
70+ 74

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 87
Female 263

These charts show data from cellulitis patients who have completed their condition history
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