Case Study: Problem-Based Learning on Cellulitis and Cramps Treatment

This assignment provides a problem-based learning approach to understanding cellulitis and muscle cramps, common ailments affecting middle-aged men. It identifies the origination of the disease, citing bacterial infections such as Streptococcus as a primary cause of cellulitis and muscle overuse or dehydration as causes for cramps. The document details the symptoms of cellulitis, including swelling, pain, and warmth, and then outlines various treatment options. These treatments range from antibiotics like penicillin derivatives, amoxicillin, and cefazolin to intravenous ceftriaxone and sodium hypochlorite solutions for wound care. The importance of adequate hydration is also emphasized to mitigate muscle cramps. The assignment references external sources for further information on cellulitis, offering a comprehensive overview of the conditions and their management.

PROBLEM-BASED
LEARNING QUESTION

Reason for origination of disease
 Doctors have common consensus that cramps are nothing but involuntary contraction of
muscles which means that muscles wideness reduce and that cause cramp in body of
middle aged man.
 There are number of reasons due to which cramp occurred in body of patient and one of
them is overuse of muscles and dehydration in body. Some times individual work a lot
beyond its capacity and due to this reason cramp happened in hands.

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 Cellulitis is the common infection that happened to skin due to bacteria which is
Streptococcus and it is the bacteria due to which cramp occurred in middle aged man. It is
the common infection to skin and soft tissues that are in human body.
 Due to spread of bacteria infection happened in body and tissues are damaged and due to
this reason skin break many times in hand.
 Swelling, pain and warmth are some of the common symptoms of this disease.

Treatment of disease
 Enough amount of water must be drink by an middle aged man as this put an impact on muscles and reduce
problem that individual face in its body.
 Antibiotics such derivative of penicillin's are used for patient treatment by doctors.
 Apart from this, Amoxicillin and Cefazolin can also be used for treatment of patient. By using all these things
bacteria problem can be eliminated and wounded area can be filled quickly and relief can be given to the individual
 Apart from this, intravenous ceftriaxone treatment can be given for 3 days on regular basis so that injured part can
be improved in proper manner.
 Apart from this, similar sodium hypochlorite related medicine can also be used and it can be added to the injury
spot.

REFERENCES
 Stoppler,C.M., 2017. [Online]. Celluitis. Available through:<
https://www.medicinenet.com/cellulitis/article.htm>.
 Celluitis, 2017. [Online]. Available through:< https://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-
and-treatments/guide/cellulitis#1>.