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How To Treat Swelling Of Ankle After Injury?
I fell on Christmas day getting out of shower and hit my shin very hard. Swelling and bruising appeared couple days later and it bruised down around my ankle and foot. It is numb on left side of shin and still swells, should I be worried and what could I have done? It s been a month and still swells down even to ankle.
Wed, 28 May 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM. Thanks for the query.
You should do xrays to rule out some more serous injury such as fracture. But in most cases this is just ankle distorsion and you need to rest for 10-14 days,put some ice on it, take standard painkilers and keep your leg elevated.
Wish you good health. Regards
You should do xrays to rule out some more serous injury such as fracture. But in most cases this is just ankle distorsion and you need to rest for 10-14 days,put some ice on it, take standard painkilers and keep your leg elevated.
Wish you good health. Regards
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