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Got Hit On Shin, Swollen And Bruise, Painful To Walk. Had Achilles Tendon Reattached. Could It Be Broken Or Blood Poison?
My husband was coaching our sone baseball team and got hit on his shin with a ball. It quickly turned purple and is very swollen and bruised all the way down even on his ensole of his foot . It has been a week and it is still very painful to walk on and looks worse not any better. Also this is on a foot that he just had his achilis tendon reattached this past October. Could it be broken or blood poison?
Tue, 25 Mar 2014
There is nothing to be worried as most probably it is soft tissue injury and bone as well as tendon is normal. I would recommend you to apply ice over his shin, tablet Brufen one two times a day and diclofenec ointment. Also he can apply compression bandage. I hope this will help him.
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