I have a swollen and red section on my left leg above the knee which first showed about 4-5 days ago. Because I d been tubing a couple of days before I put it down to a bit of bruising and hoped it would disappear in a few days. Over the last few days its gotten more sore and is now about 3cm in diameter and like a hard area under the surface of the skin, there is a small red blemish but no visible puncture. The area is also hot and tender to touch. Last night I did notice that there was an off shoot of redness up my leg from the original area which is now larger and a little tender to touch. I ve been taking antihistamines (20mg per day) and Ibuprofen regularly. A pharmacist this morning gave me something called Korcin which is a dermal cream - containing dexamethason acetat 4mg and cloramphenicol 160mg and have applied that twice today. The swelling and hardness of the area doesn t seem to be going away, but spreading. Please can you let me know if you have an idea of what this could be or what treatment is best. Many thanks