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Suggest Treatment For Painful And Bruised Ankle After Injury

I hit my leg on a chair, a metal one, its been a week and a half, its the front of my calf to the left, it doesn t hurt until I am on feet for a few hours, but I have bruising in my ankle which wasn t injured, I ice it nite and it goes down, only to come up again when on feet, I have had a heart attack and im currently taking blood thinners, the bruise on ankle seems more like blood pooling, I put feet above heart and all goes away, suggestions, circulation good, all is well, except this, help, do I see my doctor or continue on my own path, know you cant say, direction is awesome though
posted on Sat, 13 Sep 2014
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Hi,Thanks for your query. After going through your query I came to know that you are suffering from injury leg and you got hematoma (bruise) two and half month ago. If you has no fever, then no need to worry much. Hematoma gradually resolved by itself .Thrombophob gel local application three times a day over it(no rubbing) can help in resolving it. You have mentioned that you are having pain during walking, Keep limb elevated toreduce swelling. it may be due to undisplaced fracture.You need to get x ray done to exclude this. You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it. I do hope that you have found something helpful. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. Wishing you good health. Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Painful And Bruised Ankle After Injury

Hi,Thanks for your query. After going through your query I came to know that you are suffering from injury leg and you got hematoma (bruise) two and half month ago. If you has no fever, then no need to worry much. Hematoma gradually resolved by itself .Thrombophob gel local application three times a day over it(no rubbing) can help in resolving it. You have mentioned that you are having pain during walking, Keep limb elevated toreduce swelling. it may be due to undisplaced fracture.You need to get x ray done to exclude this. You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it. I do hope that you have found something helpful. If you have additional questions or follow up queries then please do not hesitate in writing to us. I will be happy to answer your queries. Wishing you good health. Take care.