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Suggest Treatment For Severe Ankle Sprain

I rolled my ankle pretty bad playing basketball, i went the the ER and they took XRays and send it wasnt broken jus a serve sprain. Its been about a week now and the pain has faded but the swelling got worse and im bruising by my toes, what does this mean
posted on Sat, 19 Sep 2015
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Welcome to healthcaremagic
I have gone through your query and understand your concern.You are likely to got sprain of foot and ankle. As fracture has been excluded by x rays. Treatment of this is rest to joint by plaster or crepe bandage. Analgesic such as ibuprofen are useful to reduce pain. Your bruises are subcutaneous hematoma. These will gradually resolve by itself. Local application of Thrombophobe gel can be of use in resolving it early. Vitamin B and C are helpful in healing . You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.Hope I have answered your query.If you have any further questions then don't hesitate to writing to us . I will be happy to help you.
Wishing you good health.
Take care.
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Suggest Treatment For Severe Ankle Sprain

Hi Welcome to healthcaremagic I have gone through your query and understand your concern.You are likely to got sprain of foot and ankle. As fracture has been excluded by x rays. Treatment of this is rest to joint by plaster or crepe bandage. Analgesic such as ibuprofen are useful to reduce pain. Your bruises are subcutaneous hematoma. These will gradually resolve by itself. Local application of Thrombophobe gel can be of use in resolving it early. Vitamin B and C are helpful in healing . You can discuss with your treating Doctor about it.Hope I have answered your query.If you have any further questions then don t hesitate to writing to us . I will be happy to help you. Wishing you good health. Take care.