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*
Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Fatigue
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Pain
How bad it is
What people are taking for it
Common symptom
Redness of skin (erythema)
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.
Buoy Health’s symptom checker.
Top treatments taken by people for cellulitis*
We currently don't have enough shared data that is made public for this condition.
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.
Who has cellulitis on PatientsLikeMe?
Age
| Age | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| <20 | 1 | |
| 20s | 5 | |
| 30s | 31 | |
| 40s | 54 | |
| 50s | 95 | |
| 60s | 101 | |
| 70+ | 74 |
Distribution of sex
Sex
| Sex | Proportion | # of patients |
|---|---|---|
| Male | 87 | |
| Female | 262 |
Learn more about our community’s experience with cellulitis.
Talk to people with cellulitis
387
387
members say they have this condition
Join
Immune, Inflammatory and Infections,Skin, Hair, and Nails
Learn from others like you living with cellulitis.
Last updated: