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Is The Stinging Around The Wound After Applying Cream?

I hurt my leg around the beginning of Feb. Got internal and external stitches. Had the external stitches removed about 20 days later and the externals were visible and apparently not doing to well in my body. The wound is now a 4 cm circle about 2 mm deep. The internal stitches were removed Friday as they just weren't welcome by my body. I was given a cream to help tissue form, intramuscular antibiotics, and an NSAID. It's stinging really bad about 3 inches around the sore area. Worsens when I wiggle my toes. Is this normal? I am diabetic and take steroids for Mixed Connective Tissue disease. I am also in Mexico where the accident happened to the drugs are different that what I'm used to.
Tue, 29 Sep 2015
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Hi,
It seems that you might be having non healing ulcer on the leg following removal of stitches.
It requires utmost care for that non healing ulcer as you are diabetic.
Consult foot surgeon specialist in diabetes (deiabetic foot specialist ) and get examined.
If remained not particular it might give complication like gangrene.
Merely applying antibiotic cream has no meaning.
Ok and take care.
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Is The Stinging Around The Wound After Applying Cream?

Hi, It seems that you might be having non healing ulcer on the leg following removal of stitches. It requires utmost care for that non healing ulcer as you are diabetic. Consult foot surgeon specialist in diabetes (deiabetic foot specialist ) and get examined. If remained not particular it might give complication like gangrene. Merely applying antibiotic cream has no meaning. Ok and take care.