I sprained my ankle falling down the stairs. and it hurts when it is moved and it pops when it is walked on. Also when I stand on it after a minute it will ache and hurt so I have to stand on one foot for a few minutes. I'm not using crutches but I am using an ankle brace. I had P.E a few days ago and after that It became much more swollen and rounder than before. This was also around 5 days ago and it still hurts. I also am 14 and in middle school. What else could I be doing for it and should I be using anything else on the ankle. I have P.E also tomorrow. what could I be doing at home. I also have a pair of crutches but I haven't been using them. Than my other ankle has been hurting because I have had to stand on one foot occasionally. Could it be a fracture or a hairline fracture or what do you think is wrong. also what should I do. I have crutches I just don't know if I should use them though. Please Help!
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Actually from what you are describing, I think it's more than just a sprain, I think you may have partially dislocated it, and that is the underlying reason why it is hurting so much. My advice is DO NOT do P.E. while your ankle is like this, even though you are wearing an ankle brace, you could easily inflict more damage on it. Definitely put ice on it, and if it does not get better within the next 7 or 9 days go to the doctors office.
Ice it, and stay off of it. If the problem persists see a doctor.
The only way to tell if its a fracture or hairline fracture is with an x-ray. Your regular r. can order an x-ray or you can spend alot of money going to the ER. Abad sprain will take awhile to heal. Crutches will probably help since you can stay off it for a while. You should also be elevating it while you are up and applying ice. A medicine like motrin will help relieve the pain as well as the inflamation.
could be a fracture
When I severely sprained my ankle, I had it x-rayed as it felt broken. It wasn't. I had to stay off my foot, keeping it propped up with ice on it for a few days. Have you done any of that? You may have a broken bone, you definitely have inflammation which causes swelling and pain. You keep putting weight on it, and the ankle brace doesn't help that. My advice is to see the doctor, get an x-ray and follow his instructions to the tee. If you can't, then keep your foot propped up with ice as much as possible and use the crutches to keep the weight off your ankle. Good Luck!
i think you should ask your doctor to examine your ankles again using x-ray to find for fractures.. maybe you need to change your braces too...
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Why does my 2 fingers on my left hand have pins and needles ,for 4 days now ?
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Been there! The ring finger and pinky on my left hand started with pins and needles, I didn't think much of it, as I use the keyboard alot, and thought it was carpel tunnel. Depending on what fingers are "tingling" you could have carpal tunnel. OR you could have an Impeded nerve, either in you elbow or shoulder. I didn't think about it at the time, but if left untreated, this can lead to permanent damage, and you will loose the feeling and movement in those fingers.
I'm not trying to scare you, but don't do like I did, and leave it alone too long. Please see your Physician about the problem. They may want to to an EMG to check the nerve conduction, but it is better than having the nerve completely damaged.
It may be nothing more than leaning on your elbow too much, but please have it looked at as soon as you can. Better to find out it is nothing serious, than let it go, and have worse problems later.
Above mention of thrombosis is possible, usually with thrombosis, the hand will be cold and bluish colored. If you start to have shortness of breath, neck pain radiating to jaw, or chest pain, call the ambulance. Since this has been going on for 4 days, if it was a thrombosis, usually, the pain in the hand would be worse, as the clot cuts circulation. Again, it is better to be safe. Better to KNOW it is nothing, than find out later it was serious.
Good Luck!
You may have trapped a nerve. The best thing you can do is go and see your GP.
Not sure about that one. I get pins and needles when my hands are cold, someone told me it was to do with circulation.
I had this three years ago, and went to my doctor, who told me to see a speciallist. It was something to do with my ulna nerve (funny bone) and I had to have an operation, so don't leave it too long, if you do not get any improvement
I have had the same problem before, it really worried me but when I saw my doctor she asked if I had been leaning on my elbow alot. Which I had, on the arm of my computer chair, for hours on end, lol
might be a trapped nerve. it should go away, but always best to see your gp if you aren't sure
You could have carpel tunnel syndrome.
This problem can have many answers. Your problem could be in your neck, your elbow, your shoulder or your wrist. The best thing to do is to see a doctor (ortho or neurologist) who can give you tests to see where the origin of the problem is.
You need to go see a doctor. It could be a trapped nerve but if it is in your arm especially your left it can be a symptom of more severe causes like thrombosis. Take a asprin just in case as it thins the blood and phone a helpline if your in the uk 0845 4647 NHS direct where you can speak to a nurse. Be safe and get it checked out. If you get any chest pain call a ambulance immediately.
It depends on which 2 fingers. if it is the small and ring finger, you might have a pinch nerve somewhere along your elbow. If it involves the other fingers, it might be related to carpal tunnel syndrome. Sleep with a wrist splint at nights. If this persists, I suggest you see a neurologist.
you have either carpal tunnel syndrom or a missalignet of the vertabrae in your spine where the nerves that control your arms and hand emerge from the spine and flow down the arms into the hands.Either way, you are going to need professional care. See a neurosurgeon for the best advice on nerve damage repair.Chiropractors, pain blockers, cortizone, pretizone, chinese needle therapy all reduce pain for a while, nothing cures like the surgeons blade.
You sound as if you have pressure on the nerve, you don't say which 2 fingers, so I can't say which nerve. This can be at the wrist, as in carpal tunnel syndrome, at the elbow, or even as high as the nerve plexus in the neck. If it persists you need to get your doctor to isolate and arrange treatment for the problem.
Why does it say ?
Why does it say do not use before work with heavy machinery on the back of childrens tylenol? I mean..really could we save that many people by getting those darn five year-olds with headcolds off those forklifts!
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That IS hilarious!! I like the one on spermicidal jelly that says not to ingest. So, someone must have spread it on toast one day and still got pregnant and complained. So, where did this kid get on heavy machinery after taking Tylenol? That is usually what causes the warnings.I have also heard one where the hair dryer said not to use while asleep. WHAT !?That is a good laugh for the day.
alot of adults take childerns tylenol
How about the crystal paks that come in new purses and such, they say do not eat. Duh...
They have to make these labels idiot proof. The same reason hair dryers say do not use in the shower and curling irons carry warnings not to use while sleeping. Geeze and here I thought we could all save time drying our hair in the shower or sleeping with the curling iron in my hair? The rul of thumb is; ya gotta dumb it down to a 3rd grade level!Funny question - thanks for asking - made me giggle!
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That IS hilarious!! I like the one on spermicidal jelly that says not to ingest. So, someone must have spread it on toast one day and still got pregnant and complained. So, where did this kid get on heavy machinery after taking Tylenol? That is usually what causes the warnings.I have also heard one where the hair dryer said not to use while asleep. WHAT !?That is a good laugh for the day.
alot of adults take childerns tylenol
How about the crystal paks that come in new purses and such, they say do not eat. Duh...
They have to make these labels idiot proof. The same reason hair dryers say do not use in the shower and curling irons carry warnings not to use while sleeping. Geeze and here I thought we could all save time drying our hair in the shower or sleeping with the curling iron in my hair? The rul of thumb is; ya gotta dumb it down to a 3rd grade level!Funny question - thanks for asking - made me giggle!
Why does it hurt?
i started having pain in the right side of lower abdomen. kind of where my bladder is. and now its on both sides. i know its not anything to do with my bladder because it doesnt hurt when i pee. anyways i need help to find out what it is.
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Sorry but you'll have to see a doctor. We can't xray you on line or test your blood to see if you have an infection. It could be appendicitis or pelvic inflammatory disease(if you're a female).
Sounds like gas pain, cause it moved, gas pain can hurt like hell. If it was just the right side I'd worry about appendicitis, but since it is now on both, and probably same pain, you might be constipated ,need more H20, to get things moving
are you male or female? If you are female it could be your ovaries (some women experience pain during ovulation).
Even though you don't experience pain upon urination does not mean that you don't have a bladder infection. Infection can still be present without urethral pain.
What kind of pain is it? sharp/dull/comes and goes/constantly there?
The bladder is directly below the navel and not on the right side. The reason I know that is because I just had a sonar test run on mine to detect if it empties completely after going to the bathroom. I could see the image on the computer screen as the technician was scanning.On the right side would be the appendix, the gall bladder, the liver which is right up underneath the rib cage and protected by same.Fatty foods sometimes trigger gall bladder pain.Appendix pain means it could possibly be infected and that requires surgery. Otherwise it could burst and you'd be in one heck of a fix. Mine was removed in 1965.
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Sorry but you'll have to see a doctor. We can't xray you on line or test your blood to see if you have an infection. It could be appendicitis or pelvic inflammatory disease(if you're a female).
Sounds like gas pain, cause it moved, gas pain can hurt like hell. If it was just the right side I'd worry about appendicitis, but since it is now on both, and probably same pain, you might be constipated ,need more H20, to get things moving
are you male or female? If you are female it could be your ovaries (some women experience pain during ovulation).
Even though you don't experience pain upon urination does not mean that you don't have a bladder infection. Infection can still be present without urethral pain.
What kind of pain is it? sharp/dull/comes and goes/constantly there?
The bladder is directly below the navel and not on the right side. The reason I know that is because I just had a sonar test run on mine to detect if it empties completely after going to the bathroom. I could see the image on the computer screen as the technician was scanning.On the right side would be the appendix, the gall bladder, the liver which is right up underneath the rib cage and protected by same.Fatty foods sometimes trigger gall bladder pain.Appendix pain means it could possibly be infected and that requires surgery. Otherwise it could burst and you'd be in one heck of a fix. Mine was removed in 1965.
Why does it hurt.?
The bottoms of my feet hurt a lot. it hurts on the padded part, below my toes, right before my arch begins. I walk home from school every day [a little over a mile] and then i run on the Eliptical exercise machine for 20 minutes at night. It even hurts when I am walking around barefoot in the grass. Please, help.
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I had a similar pain that persisted until I realized that it went away after wearing shoes WITHOUT arch supports for a day or two. Beyond that, the advice to see a podiatrist is best.
May be time for new shoes.
Or a visit to the foot doctor.
See a doctor, I had a pain like that and it happened to be a piece of extra bone in my heel. Then again, I got a very painfull surgery, so you might just wanna put up with the pain. Good Luck!
I had something like that. One of the small bones in my feet ended up being broken. I got some custom orthotics (shoe inserts) which fixed it right up.
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I had a similar pain that persisted until I realized that it went away after wearing shoes WITHOUT arch supports for a day or two. Beyond that, the advice to see a podiatrist is best.
May be time for new shoes.
Or a visit to the foot doctor.
See a doctor, I had a pain like that and it happened to be a piece of extra bone in my heel. Then again, I got a very painfull surgery, so you might just wanna put up with the pain. Good Luck!
I had something like that. One of the small bones in my feet ended up being broken. I got some custom orthotics (shoe inserts) which fixed it right up.
Why does it hurt to break a bone?
why does it hurt? what causes the pain?are there nerves in ur bones?
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There is a very thin layer of tissue that covers the outside of the bone called the periostium. This tissue layer is very highly innervated and is what causes the pain when you break a bone. The bones themselves do not have nerve endings inside them.
kidding right?
no bone nerves it is the nurves through out the skin and it makes it feel like bones.
i hope your kidding....if not i don't know what your problem is
I'm a nurse, and I don't know, but it's surely one of the worst pains there are!
there are NO nerves in our bones..the nerves are around the bones and throughout our musscles etc the whole body..when you break a bone the nerves around that area sends messages to the braina nd well thats what causes the pain..its the bodies way to react to damage to itself..and lt ya know.so actually the nerves are what causes the pain.
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There is a very thin layer of tissue that covers the outside of the bone called the periostium. This tissue layer is very highly innervated and is what causes the pain when you break a bone. The bones themselves do not have nerve endings inside them.
kidding right?
no bone nerves it is the nurves through out the skin and it makes it feel like bones.
i hope your kidding....if not i don't know what your problem is
I'm a nurse, and I don't know, but it's surely one of the worst pains there are!
there are NO nerves in our bones..the nerves are around the bones and throughout our musscles etc the whole body..when you break a bone the nerves around that area sends messages to the braina nd well thats what causes the pain..its the bodies way to react to damage to itself..and lt ya know.so actually the nerves are what causes the pain.
Why does it have to be monday why cant it just be the weekend all the time?
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The weekend is good because you have the rest of the week to compare it to. You can't have highs without lows. If it were the weekend all the time it wouldn't be special.
I have no clue sorry
HEY IT IS YOU JUST HAVE TO CHANGE YOURE ATTITUDE BE PASITIVE THEN ITS NOT SO BAD MAKE PLANS TO HAVE SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO CHANGE CAN BE GOOD WORK IS GOOD MAKES FOR GOOD WEEKEND
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