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2018-05-24 00:18:14
My husband is 59 years he fell i woukld say about a month ago in doing this he hurt his left ankle got him checked out to make sure wasent broke it wasent said he had a bad sprain and had some arthritis in there and to take over the counter anti-inflammatory so we do well his ankle is still swollen hot to the touch looks badly bruised dry skin coming off from around and is still not abel to walk very far with out pain or swelling more
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There might be a sub clinical inflammatory process going on. Get CRP,CBC, ESR, Serum Calcium, Vitamin D and Thyroid profile done. Apply Ice packs locally.

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It looks like inflammation Pl get an MRI done of the ankle And do a practo consult

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