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Got cellulitis, trying to understand how, everything I search for is either completely irrelevant or some shit like this where the results contradict each other, even under the tab of the exact same question

Of course this is just how trying to search almost fucking anything works now but it's been especially daunting when dealing with a health concern - same issue with a pet being sick, same issue with trying to look up stuff related to legal concerns, same issue with fucking everything that is more complicated than trying to find the address of a nearby location

Genuinely feels like we have regressed back to the point that there's no value in trying to use a search engine to find an answer, I can only get reliable results by calling a fucking hotline to talk to a professional

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[–] Comrade_Mushroom@hexbear.net 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

As to the specific issue of cellulitis, good news. If there is nothing immediately obvious about why you got it, then there's probably nothing to know. It's just a thing that happens sometimes. It's caused by existing as an alive organism in a world full of other alive organisms.

Well, I do have chronic edema, particularly in the foot where the infection started, and supposedly that lack of blood flow can allow cellulitis to take root. So I'm trying to understand better all the ways I can ease the swelling in that foot - especially since the idea of being on rigid timers that force me to get up and move around and/or put the leg up on a strict schedule for the rest of my life is not particularly appealing to me as a way to live. I already move around, exercise, eat way better, drink way more water than when I developed the swelling years ago.

It could also just be bad luck, of course I hope that is the case!