Ciprofloxacn Prescribed For Leech Bite And Skin Infection

I am a 63 year old woman. I had a torn cuticle on my 4th toe and did get a small leech, (from a local lake) at that site on my toe. About 2 weeks later that toe became infected and there was a red line going from my toe up to my ankle.
After going to an emergency clinic, I was prescribed 10 days of Amoxicillin.
The infected toe began to look better and the red line was going away until around the 8th day of treatment. It became very itchy and I did scratch it quite a bit. Now the red line is very wide, goes up past my ankle and I have blotches on my shin---it is all raised, swollen, patchy and very itchy.
Today I went to a local clinic and the doctor prescribed ciprofloxacn, and has given me a strong cortisone cream to apply topically. I am very concerned that he is just grabbing at straws, and throwing another antibiotic at me in hopes of it being a successful treatment to what he said he wasn't sure could possibly be causing my symptoms.
Does any of this make sense to you? I worry now about my infection, skin condition and now all these drugs I am being prescribed.

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Hello, Jennifer! How are you?

Itching can occur, while something is healing, especially if the circulation to the area was affected. However, your scratching may have worsened the infection or allowed a new one to take hold.

The topical Cortisone should help with the itching, while the Ciprofloxacin clears up the infection, but you need to avoid scratching it from now on.

Side effects to this antibiotic may include nausea, dizziness, non-allergic skin rash and diarrhea.

Is there anything else I can help with?

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