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Lymphangitis Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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Application of Moist Heat
- Incision and Draina...
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Antibiotics to treat any underlying infection; Analgesics to control pain; Anti-inflammatory medications to reduce inflammation and swelling;
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Because of the serious nature of this infection, treatment would begin immediately even before the bacterial culture results were available. The only treatment for acute lymphangitis is to give very large doses of an antibiotic, usually penicillin...
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An infected skin nodule that contains pus may need to be drained via a cut if it does not respond to antibiotics . This allows the pus to escape, and the infection to heal.
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An abscess is an infected skin nodule containing pus. It may need to be drained via an incision (cut) if the pus does not resolve with treatment by antibiotics . This allows the pus to escape, the infection to be treated, and the abscess to heal.
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