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Erysipelas

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/* Natural remedies */
* [[Mesua Ferrea]] : Dried flowers are again used in treating bleeding hemorrhoids and dysentery with mucus, applied externally for itchiness, taken internally for nausea, erysipelas, bleeding piles, metrorrhagea, menorrhagea, excessive thirst and sweating.
* [[Bothrops Lanceolatus]] for Swollen, livid, cold with hæmorrhagic infiltration. Gangrene. Lymphatics swollen. Anthrax. Malignant erysipelas.
* Conservative measures, such as keeping the affected body part elevated than the rest of the body will help in reduction of the swelling.
* Patient should get up and walk around periodically to keep the blood circulation going.
* It is important to keep the fluid intake adequate.
* Healing saint : [[St. Anthony the Abbot]]
 
==Special Precautions==
If erysipelas condition is ignored and treatment is not sought, then it can result in complications like abscess, blood clots, blood poisoning, gangrene, infection of the heart valves, bone and joint infection. If the erysipelas affects the region near the eyes, then the infection can spread to the brain.
[[Category:Diseases]]
[[Category: Dermatology]]
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