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Check your skin each day, and match what you see to the colours below.
You are on trackKeep to your plan
- Your symptoms may get worse in the first 2 days, then start to improve.1
- The redness stays inside the pen line, if your doctor drew one.2
- Keep taking your antibiotics until they are finished, even if you feel better.1
- Do not stop your antibiotics until your doctor tells you to.3
- Most people recover fully.1
See a doctor within 24 hoursSee a doctor within 24 hours
- You do not feel better 2 to 3 days after starting antibiotics.3
- The redness spreads fast, with a high temperature and shivering.3
- The redness spreads past the pen line while you take antibiotics.2
- You have a fever that does not go away, or feel drowsy and low in energy.2
- Blisters appear on the red skin, or red streaks spread from it.2
Emergency signsGo to the emergency department now, or call 997
- Your heart beats fast, or you breathe fast.3
- Purple spots appear on your skin. They can be harder to see on brown or black skin.3
- You feel dizzy, or you faint.3
- Your skin is cold, clammy or pale.1
- A very painful area that looks like a bruise and grows quickly.4
My next appointment
The printed version has space to write your dose and your next appointment.