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What Does Burning Sensation On The Shin Indicate?

I hit my lower shin on my bike pedal during a wreck about three weeks ago. It has a infention and is red. I went to er about a week ago. They did x ray and it showed nothing but gave me antibiotics cause the thought it was infected. Im still red and hurting pretty bad. When i walk on it it feals like a burning rubbing sensation. It it possible i could have broke something and it not show on the x ray?
Mon, 30 Jul 2018
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice.

The burning characteristic of pain and negative Xary findings, essentially rule out broken pain. However, the burning pain and redness of skin is concerning for possibility of skin infection called cellulitis. Since you have been on antibiotic for almost a week with no improvement, it is likely that the bacteria causing infection is resistant to antibiotic you are taking. Blood culture and sensitivity is recommended at this point to identify the bacteria and its response to antibiotics. Please be advised to follow up with the urgent care to discuss your issues and need to switch to another antibiotic. You can also apply mupirocin (antibiotic) ointment to the affected area twice daily.

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What Does Burning Sensation On The Shin Indicate?

Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. The burning characteristic of pain and negative Xary findings, essentially rule out broken pain. However, the burning pain and redness of skin is concerning for possibility of skin infection called cellulitis. Since you have been on antibiotic for almost a week with no improvement, it is likely that the bacteria causing infection is resistant to antibiotic you are taking. Blood culture and sensitivity is recommended at this point to identify the bacteria and its response to antibiotics. Please be advised to follow up with the urgent care to discuss your issues and need to switch to another antibiotic. You can also apply mupirocin (antibiotic) ointment to the affected area twice daily. Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.