How to care for open wound after inflamation caused by cellulitis?

I've an open wound鈥uss is coming out after cellitus (skin infection). The wound is about a size of a dime. I tried to put alcohol patch over it but it's too iritating. I thought about antibiotic ointment but I heard it interferes with the fluid drainage... Please advise!

You need to ask your Dr for an RX for Bactroban (mupirocin) ointment. This is used specifically for staph, MRSA and cellulitis infections.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drugi...

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You are correct about the wound needing to drain but you also need to stop the staph infection and keep it from spreading. Apply the Bactroban (ointment formulation only because of it being an open wound) twice daily to wound and edge of wound - with clean hands. No more than twice daily. The ointment form is pretty much quickly absorbed by the body.

Also, look through Yahoo answers for previous answers using intranasal bactroban as your search words. If you have cellulitis then you also have staph germs colonized in your nose and you will have a much better chance of the staph and cellulitis not returning if you also treat the colonization of germs in your nose. good luck

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/drug-in...

Cellulitis is a very serious skin infection! Go to your doctor and ask for a prescription of Silvadene Cream. My daughter had cellulitis a few years ago and was actually hospitalized for 4 days & had Silvadene Cream and IV antibiotics! Your doctor should also prescribe oral antibiotics.

Cellulitis is nothing to monkey around with. It can become a systemic infection. Cellulitis may be superficial 鈥?affecting only the surface of the skin 鈥?but cellulitis may also affect the tissues underlying the skin and can spread to the lymph nodes and bloodstream.

Keep an eye on your temperature until you go to the doctor. Anything over 103 for an adult is reason to go to the ER.

You need to see a doc and they will advise what treatment to use. They may recommend a wet to dry dressing or an ointment but either way you have to see a doc and not try to treat this at home.

Did you go to the doctor? I had cellutis last summer from a cut on my hand. The doctor said to wash it 4 or 5 times a day with warm water and to put an antibiotic ointment on it with a bandage. I was also on some very strong meds for 14 days. Now my cut didn't have anything running out.