Red and swollen leg bites may be insect bite dermatitis or animal bites. Patients need to take general treatment, topical medication, oral medication and other methods of treatment according to their own situation.
1. Insect bite dermatitis: patients need to avoid scratching, keep the local dry and clean, can be used externally with glycerine lotion, can also be used as appropriate in accordance with the doctor’s instructions, hormonal creams, such as dinexed cream, etc., the patient can also be taken orally antihistamines anti-allergy treatment, such as chlortetracycline and so on.
2. Animal bite: If the patient is bitten by an animal, it is recommended that the patient first use hydrogen peroxide, povidone-iodine and other disinfection, observe the size of the wound, depth, etc., and go to the hospital in a timely manner under the guidance of the doctor to disinfect and change the local medicine, and if necessary, inoculate the rabies vaccine. If the wound with bacterial infection, can be used topical fusidic acid and other antibiotics, oral cefaclor and other sensitive antibiotics anti-infection treatment.
When the leg is bitten, the patient must closely observe the changes in their own condition. If the bitten person also develops other discomforts such as difficulty in breathing and skin rashes, he or she should go to the hospital immediately at this time.
It is recommended that patients with redness and swelling in their legs after being bitten go to a regular hospital in time and standardize their treatment under the guidance of a doctor.