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Duration of Antibiotic Therapy for Cellulitis (DANCE): a Randomized Controlled Trial Comparing 6 to 12 Days of Antibiotic Therapy for Patients Hospitalized With Cellulitis.
Swelling does not go down within a few hours of starting antibiotics. It can take 48-72 hours for antibiotics to reach a level where you will start to see an improvement. It is not surprising that you are continuing to swell as this is the first day of antibiotics. Over the next 24 hours the swelling should stop spreading or getting worse and then it still may take a few more days for it to go away. There are two kinds of cellulitis. Preseptal and Orbital.