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Ankle Injury, Swelling In Tissue, Bruised, No Fractures. Done CT Scan. Will It Take Too Long To Heal?

I slipped and hit the inside of my left ankle hard into the corner of our aluminum boat. The ankle instantly became extremely swollen and bruised. I ice packed it straight away. After limping around on it after three days I had an xray done. It stated there was tissue swelling but no breaks or fractures. 2 weeks and 2 days later it was still swollen, tender to touch and bruised and whenever I walk on it it begins to swell even more so went back to dr's and was sent for CT scan which again showed no fractures or breaks. Its now been 2 1/2 weeks and there is still bruising and swelling and ankle continues to swell more when I walk on it. I keep it up when i'm at work as my job is in a call centre so I'm sitting most of the time. Just wondering where I go from here? Do I need to do anything further or just give it time to heal???
posted on Sat, 26 Oct 2013
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Hi,
From history it seems that you might be having hematom giving rise to this problem since long.
Continue applying ice pack.
If require go for one antibiotic medicine course to cure infection if any.
Give rest to the part.
Ok and take care.
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Ankle Injury, Swelling In Tissue, Bruised, No Fractures. Done CT Scan. Will It Take Too Long To Heal?

Hi, From history it seems that you might be having hematom giving rise to this problem since long. Continue applying ice pack. If require go for one antibiotic medicine course to cure infection if any. Give rest to the part. Ok and take care.