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Suggest Treatment For Thigh Injury

My husband fell from ladder resulting in enormous bruise on inner thigh. it was immediately swollen like a softball and now 8 hrs later is severely bruised -purple, black but not as swollen. Iced it. He takes Coumadin following valve replacement surgery, hold we do anything else?
Thu, 24 Apr 2014
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Hello and welcome to health care magic.
Since the swelling appeared soon after the fall, we need to rule out the possibility of fracture of femur. Moreover the coumadin will delay clotting of blood and so there is a chance of Internal bleeding. Another area of concern is Urethral injury which can occur following a fall from ladder. So my advice is to take him to an Orthopaedic specialist and let the doctor have a look at his symptoms. He will take an xray and may be an ultrasound of pelvis. If they are normal, then there is nothing to worry.
Hope this discussion will be helpful to you.
Thank you.
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Suggest Treatment For Thigh Injury

Hello and welcome to health care magic. Since the swelling appeared soon after the fall, we need to rule out the possibility of fracture of femur. Moreover the coumadin will delay clotting of blood and so there is a chance of Internal bleeding. Another area of concern is Urethral injury which can occur following a fall from ladder. So my advice is to take him to an Orthopaedic specialist and let the doctor have a look at his symptoms. He will take an xray and may be an ultrasound of pelvis. If they are normal, then there is nothing to worry. Hope this discussion will be helpful to you. Thank you.