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How To Reduce Swelling Caused By Hitting Head?
I fell in the garage, hitting the top of my foot on a wooden step-it is swollen and purple...about 3/4 inch deep in swelling...on top and around the outer ankle..I'm icing it...staying off it and the swelling won't go down..anything else I can do..I'm taking ibuprofen every 4 hours.
Mon, 5 May 2014
Hai . this is post traumatic soft tissue swelling. Elevate the limb, , which is injured forgood blood supply.u can opt for tablets like tolpa d (diclofenac and seratiopeptidase).pls use a crepe bandage. If it doesn't cum down , u can check out with an xray or mri, orthopaedic surgeon, to rule out thr specific injury
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