Can you finish the antibiotic? maybe ease your stomach with some yogurt?
The swelling will likely take some time, but if it seems AT ALL to be getting worse, or you get the classic symptoms of re-infection, call the doc immediately. Septicemia or cellulitis are very icky consequences of infection that doesn't get cleared out completely. (and the area near a joint is a busy one)
I don't really know much about infections and cooties and germs from bug bites, but I've seen some impressive bacterial events from surgeries. Watch those critters carefully, they can be real boogers.
Last edited by KnottedYet; 05-25-2008 at 08:41 PM.
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