my husband shin injury.... PLEASE HELP!?

[morrob d]

my husband got kicked in the leg pretty bad in basketball about a week ago.. it bruised right away.. hurt for about 2 days and went away.. Today he woke up and the area is KILLING him... no bruising but lots of swelling!!!!... what can it be.. how can something go away and come back? he did nothing to re-injure it!... HELP!

[astroboy]

He probably did something during his sleep to re-injure it...pack it in ice, take paracetomol for pain and see a good physio asap.

[boozerloser82]

Ummmmm......go....to...a....doctor.

[Pandu U]

you can bruise his shin with out hot water (not so hot).
Keep his shin aired
Don' t worry i will be fine soon.

[prncessang228]

the fact that the injury occurred a week ago and he is now having severe swelling is enough to make a dr's appt asap.

He could have developed a hematoma (bruise underneath the skin that traps blood) and he runs the risk of getting an infection. he could also have a small (hairline) fracture-these types of fractures are "cracks" in the bone and can cause delayed bleeding which could be why it took so long for his symptoms to occur. he needs an xray to rule this out.

have him call his dr and be seen within the next 24 hours-if the dr can't see him, take him to the nearest emergency room or urgent care.

take him to the emergency room right away if

-the swelling continues to increase
-the area becomes more painful,tender or hot to touch (indicates infection)
-his leg begins to turn greyish-blue (indicates loss of circulation-blood flow cut off)
-he is not able to walk on it.

have him keep it elevated as much as possible and apply ice (in a bag-don't put ice directly on the skin) to it 10-15 mins at a time

hope he feels better soon

[Pablo Z]

Ask him what part of the leg did your husbad got kicked in, My dad was hurt like that in a similar way, although he was playing soccer when he was hurt. My dad whent to the Chiropractic, and they told him he injured his "Joint" that is depending on how your husband was kicked, determines what happend. Perhaps go to a Chiropractic, because if the pain came, went away, but then returned, could be a serius problem.

[rush112]

ice it and go to the docs if its really that bad?

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