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Suggest Remedies For Severe Bruising From Buttocks To Hamstring Post An Injury

I PULLED MY HAMSTRING PRETTY BAD FRIDAY AFTERNOON JUMPING INTO A POOL. LEG WAS OUT IN FRONT OF ME AND UPON HITING THE WATER IT WAS PUSHED IT STRAIGHT UP. IMMEDIATELY SEVERE PAIN SET IN AND COULD NOT GET OUR FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS. SWOLLEN AND RED IMMEDIATELY. ICE AND HEAT ALTERNATING FOR THE PAST 5 DAYS. EXTREME BRUISING FROM BUTTOCKS TO WHERE THE HAMSTRING ATTACHES BELOW THE KNEE. I CAN WALK...BUT, VERY CAREFULLY. I RESEARCHED AND DONT THINK ITS A SEVERE TEAR, BUT POSSIBLY SOME. LOOKS LIKE ITS BETWEEN A LEVEL 2 AND A LEVEL 3. ITS VERY STRAINED AND WILL SPASM WITH CERTAIN MOVEMENT. CAN I WAIT IT OUT? I DONT WANT TO SPEND THE MONEY FOR A WALK IN CLINIC. I AM OUT OF TOWN AND CANNOT SEE MY DOCTOR. I TAKE ASPIRIN DAILY FOR HEADACHES.
Mon, 17 Feb 2020
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Hello,

As per my surgical experience, you are in a healing phase of bruises after injury over buttocks. The following recommendations will help you in better recovery:
- Continue ice application
- Use of calamine lotion or aloe vera gel for healing purpose
- Analgesic medicines as ibuprofen or diclofenac with trypsin, chymotrypsin as proteolytic enzymes which help tissue recovery
- Prescription of antibiotics as penicillin, cephalosporin or others for prevention of secondary bacterial infection
- High protein diet

Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.

Regards,
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon
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Suggest Remedies For Severe Bruising From Buttocks To Hamstring Post An Injury

Hello, As per my surgical experience, you are in a healing phase of bruises after injury over buttocks. The following recommendations will help you in better recovery: - Continue ice application - Use of calamine lotion or aloe vera gel for healing purpose - Analgesic medicines as ibuprofen or diclofenac with trypsin, chymotrypsin as proteolytic enzymes which help tissue recovery - Prescription of antibiotics as penicillin, cephalosporin or others for prevention of secondary bacterial infection - High protein diet Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further. Regards, Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel, General Surgeon