What are the symptoms of cellulitis from an insect bite?

What are the symptoms of cellulitis from an insect bite?

Cellulitis often causes fever, chills and fatigue before you notice changes to the skin. Some people feel nauseous.

Cellulitis develops in the area where bacteria enter the skin. It can appear anywhere on the body. In adults, cellulitis often affects a leg or foot. In children, cellulitis more commonly affects the face and neck.

Signs of cellulitis include:

• Redness, swelling, warmth or tenderness around the bite area.
• Red streaks that shoot out from the bite area.
• Blisters.
• Swollen lymph nodes.
• Yellow, pus-like discharge from the bite.

You can use a washable marker to draw a border around the red, swollen bug bite area to track its size. You should contact your healthcare provider immediately if redness, swelling or blisters expand outside this border. Your provider may monitor the bite infection this way to make sure the infection clears up with treatment and doesn’t get worse.