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Suggest Treatment For Swelling On The Legs

Posted on Tue, 5 May 2015

Question: hi I have a swelling leg left leg its been swollen for a long time now its been maybe almost 2 yrs now it dose not hurt but its sometimes tender 2 the touch just 3 days ago I drop a shelf I was moving and it slipped and cut my leg more over a deep scratch took some skin off I stopped the bleeding and now it seems 2 be some fluided coming out of my leg its clear and it seems some of the swelling went down a bit but not very much wondering when this will stop it dose not hurt still a little tender 2 the touch someone said I had dimiticalitis or hacmatoma and do ice fomenation like 2 get ur thoughts on this mater pls thks XXXXXXX XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr. Naveen Kumar Sharma (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
I think it is a lipoma

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I have studied your case. I think you are having lipoma in the leg. It got ruptured due to cut in the leg. It is not a serious problem. But as you are also having Diabetes so some time such injuries can cause cellulitus or abcess.
I would recommend you to visit your doctor. If he thinks than you should start taking antibiotics. It will help in prevention of any infection.
I do not think that you should apply antibiotic cream over it. Keep your leg elevated over pillow.
I hope this answer will be helpful to you. Let me know if there is any other followup questions.
Thanks

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar