Suggest treatment for difficulty walking caused post cellulitis treatment
Patient: My dad has a bacterial infection that has settled in his foot at first it was said to be cellulitis and after antibiotics the cellulitis subsided however he s had the swelling and redness and heat for 9 months to a year..he has been put on clindamycin now and has been on cephalexin ,bacterim and indomethacin,,how long is to long for this infection to be continuing he struggles to walk he says its painful and kind of tight feeling and then every now and then he just get sharp pain…he tries to walk on it a bit every day but is this good or bad to walk on his food if the infections seems to have settled there and what is the best way to get it taken care of? Doctor: My concern is that the infection has gotten into the bone. This is difficult to treat and does require long-term, often IV antibiotics, and possibly surgery. He needs to find out if this is the case and get the appropriate treatment. They may need to surgically remove the infected areas to get a cure. Hope this helps.