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Reason For Warmth And Pain On Shin After Injury?
There is a small,hard,quarter sized lump on my shin after hitting it about 5 weeks ago. the bruise is gone but it is warm and kind of painful. any ideas on what this is and what i should do about it? i ve tried icing it but it hasnt gone down at all. you cant see it but you can feel it if you run your hand across it
Fri, 7 Mar 2014
Hi
You seem to have developed a localised infection in the leg region post trauma.
Such an infection over this area can be very painful , so early treatment of the same is essential .
You can give hot compression to the affected areas.
Take some oral anti inflammatory agent like paracetamol twice a day for the pain and swelling.
You might need a short course of oral antibiotics in case the infection tends to persist .
Hope it helps
Dr Geetika Paul
You seem to have developed a localised infection in the leg region post trauma.
Such an infection over this area can be very painful , so early treatment of the same is essential .
You can give hot compression to the affected areas.
Take some oral anti inflammatory agent like paracetamol twice a day for the pain and swelling.
You might need a short course of oral antibiotics in case the infection tends to persist .
Hope it helps
Dr Geetika Paul
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