What Do Bruises On The Leg While Recovering From Fractured Ankle Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 15 Jun 2017

Question: I have a feactured ankle and lines that look like bruises keep showing up, is this normal?

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Answered by Dr. Dr. Antoneta Zotaj (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Bruises might happen the next few days, more info is needed

Detailed Answer:
Hello,

Thank you for asking at healthcaremagic.

I carefully read your question and also checked the images.

It is normal for some bruises to appear after we have had some trauma in our body. This depends on the time of the injury. If you had the fracture happen last 4-5 days than it is normal to have bruises come up a little later. If the injury happened more than a week ago I would expect the bruises to disappear and not come up unless you are still hurting the area somehow.

How did you hurt it? How do you know it is fractured? Did you have an xray? If there was a fracture what did the doctor advice? Did he recommend you something for the fracture?

How long ago did you hurt it and are you able to put weight at all on that foot?
Do you have bruises come up in other areas of the body? Do your gums easily bleed, or do you have nose bleeds or very black stools?

Please write back and let me know of the above questions.

Kind regards

Antoneta Zotaj, MD

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy