What Is Facial Cellulitis?

Maxillofacial cellulitis

Maxillofacial cellulitis

Maxillofacial cellulitis disease name

Maxillofacial cellulitis

Overview of Maxillofacial Cellulitis Diseases

Maxillofacial cellulitis is an acute inflammation that occurs in the fascial space around the jaw bone.

Common infections of maxillofacial cellulitis

1. Dental infections The most common etiology of this disease is caused by the spread of dental infections, such as pericyxitis and periapical inflammation of wisdom teeth. Infection of teeth in different parts often causes cellulitis in different parts.

2. Local tissue infections, such as submandibular lymphadenitis and facial palpitation, can cause perianal cellulitis.

3 Complicated infection after trauma.

Classification of maxillofacial cellulitis diseases

General Surgery

Cellulitis symptoms of the maxillofacial region

Skin tone, firmness, undulation, difficulty breathing and swallowing. Severe cases should pay attention to symptoms such as dehydration and sepsis.

Diagnosis of maxillofacial cellulitis

1. Medical history Pay attention to the type and quantity of antibiotics used, and history of diabetes and nephritis. Those with a longer course of disease should be considered for differentiation from tumors.

2. Check the extent of the lesion, skin color, hardness, and whether there is a sense of fluctuation. Puncture can be performed when deep pus is suspected. The pus was used for bacterial culture and antibiotic sensitivity determination.

3. When the sublingual, sublingual, and submandibular cellulitis or parapharyngeal space infections occur, special attention should be paid to difficulty breathing and swallowing. In severe cases, attention should be paid to symptoms such as dehydration and sepsis.

Maxillofacial cellulitis treatment plan

1. Give antibiotics during the acute period.

2. When an abscess is formed, it should be opened and drained as soon as possible.

3. The following principles should be followed for incision and drainage. The incision should be in a hidden place on the face. Generally, the upper jaw is cut in the vestibule of the mouth; Make an upper and lower mucosal incision, and then bluntly separate back into the pus cavity. The incision should not be too deep. Deep abscesses should first be extended into the pus cavity with hemostatic forceps. The length of the incision is subject to smooth drainage. The drainage should not be too tight, so as not to affect the drainage. Necrotizing floor cellulitis should be extensively decompressed. For patients with severe illness and dehydration, infusion and intravenous infusion should be used before incision and drainage. During the incision and drainage of the parapharyngeal space, pus is aspirated at any time during the operation to avoid aspiration suffocation.

4. After incision of the temporomandibular infection, the drainage should be kept open for a long period of time.