Cellulitis

3. ________ bites can cause cellulitis.
4. one way to prevent cellulitis is to keep proper ________.
5. It's important to identify and treat cellulitis early because the condition can spread rapidly throughout your _____.
6. Recurrent episodes of cellulitis may damage the lymphatic drainage system and cause chronic ________ of the affected limb.
9. The incidence of a more serious staphylococcus infection called methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (______) is increasing.
11. Although cellulitis can occur anywhere on your body, the most common location is the _________.

1. a common bacterial skin infection that causes redness, swelling, and pain in the infected area of the skin.
2. Cellulitis is treated with ___________.
7. how cellulitis can get in the body
8. Left untreated, the infection can spread to your ____________ and bloodstream and rapidly become life-threatening
10. one of the most common causes of cellulitis aka; group A strep.