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How To Cure Swollen Lymph Nodes On Neck And Blister On Nose?
Went to the doctor recently with swollen lymph nodes in neck and jaw. I was given keflex - 500. My nose has also swollen to about twice it s normal size. It is red and painful. There is pus coming out of an open blister like sore at the tip. Do I need to be concerned or will the Keflex take care of this?
Mon, 21 Apr 2014
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I would keep a possibility of furuncle/bacterial infection with surrounding cellulitis, causing the nose to swell and become red and painful.
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week). That would have taken care of the infection.
Keflex -500, is cephalexin and should work fine in your case.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
I would keep a possibility of furuncle/bacterial infection with surrounding cellulitis, causing the nose to swell and become red and painful.
If I was the treating doctor I would have advised an empirical oral antibiotic for a week OR 10 days (My choice of oral antibiotic would have been Amoxycillin 500mg in combination with clavulanic acid 125 mg, thrice daily, for a week OR Cephalexin 500ng thrice daily OR Cefadroxil 500mg twice daily, for a week). That would have taken care of the infection.
Keflex -500, is cephalexin and should work fine in your case.
An OTC pain killer e.g ibuprofen once or twice daily would help you deal with the pain.
regards
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