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Suggest Medication For Bruise And Lump On Top Of The Leg
my mother in law, age 88,weighs about 8and a half stone, frail. fell badly 5 weeks ago, she fractured her collar bone, and had serious bruising around the top of her leg, there has been a lump there roughly the size of a tennis ball since, on the front of her leg, it has not improved and it is concerning me. any ideas what it could be.
Mon, 29 Jun 2015
Hi I am Dr Fahim, General Surgeon. I will help with your problem . . .
Its sad to know that your mother in law had a bad fall. The swelling is mostly likely because of collection of blood under the skin. I hope she is not taking any blood thinning drugs like loprin, lowplate etc as it will make it more difficulty to manage.
If such a patient walks in my clinic, I plan for local treatment of the haematoma, if it is big enough as you said a size of a tennis ball. I will drain it under local anaesthesia to avoid damage to the skin as its blood supply is from subcutaneous tissues. Along with systemic antibiotic cover eg (amoxillin&clavulanate) + analgesic eg Paracetamol. Elevation of the affected limb and bed rest is must. Wishing her early recovery.
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Its sad to know that your mother in law had a bad fall. The swelling is mostly likely because of collection of blood under the skin. I hope she is not taking any blood thinning drugs like loprin, lowplate etc as it will make it more difficulty to manage.
If such a patient walks in my clinic, I plan for local treatment of the haematoma, if it is big enough as you said a size of a tennis ball. I will drain it under local anaesthesia to avoid damage to the skin as its blood supply is from subcutaneous tissues. Along with systemic antibiotic cover eg (amoxillin&clavulanate) + analgesic eg Paracetamol. Elevation of the affected limb and bed rest is must. Wishing her early recovery.
I hope will help you with this problem. Do rate my answer if you like it.
Regards
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