Had A Fall Five Days Ago On Shin. Causing Grazing

Posted on Tue, 23 Jun 2020

Question: Had a fall five days ago on shin. Causing grazing which is healing.But has a burning sensation. No swelling, tender to touch. When pressed pain felt in a different area away from where pressed. Tried germolene TCP. It becomes more inflamed. That have to wash off

Answered by Dr. T Chandrakant (45 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Please give details and post actual photographs.

Detailed Answer:
Hi.
Thanks for your query.
Noted the history and understood the concerns.
Please post clear and focused photos as these help a lot in knowing the site, inflammation and so on.
Stop The local application.
I hope, you have taken some anti-inflammatory medicine with painkiller property like Ibuprofen if it suits you.
Any oral medications taken?
Any history of diabetes or checked for recently?

Awaiting for your feedback and photos.

Dr T Chandrakant
General Surgeon.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar