Lymphangitis

“But then the bacteria defeat the inflammatory cells and pus forms in the inflammation . . . The increasing quantity of pus pushes the surrounding tissue away, and the body attempts to halt that process by forming connective or scar tissue. . . . But, because blood can no longer flow to the pus, the immune system cannot combat it. . . . . . . If the swelling fluctuates [push down on side and the other bulges out], the infection is matured and ready to be cut open. . . . . If you do not drain the abscess in time, the bacteria will ultimately break through the abscess wall and be released into the surrounding tissue  cellulitis in subcutaneous tissue, where criss-crossed miniscule lymph vessel. . . . In these vessels, lymphangitis develops, an infection that follows the course of the lymph vessels, which travels to lymph nodes” (Van de Laar, ch 14).