Ankle problems need help badly!?!
Question: I hurt my ankle some how 3 days ago the first day it hurt but the second it was throbbing and my other side of my ankle was too which was weird today i had school and all the walking made it hurt all day long and now when I walk one side hurts then when i sit and relax the other side hurts what am i supposed to tell the doctor its prob. not broken but I really think I need crutches and a cast thingy because I really need to take the weight off of it its making it worst i think it sure feels like it whay should I say and suggest for crutches?
Answers: I hurt my ankle some how 3 days ago the first day it hurt but the second it was throbbing and my other side of my ankle was too which was weird today i had school and all the walking made it hurt all day long and now when I walk one side hurts then when i sit and relax the other side hurts what am i supposed to tell the doctor its prob. not broken but I really think I need crutches and a cast thingy because I really need to take the weight off of it its making it worst i think it sure feels like it whay should I say and suggest for crutches?
I did the same thing a couple of years ago. I went to A & E and I was told to try and walk on it before having an X-Ray. Once I had the X-Ray, it just showed a really nasty sprain, so they put a support bandage on it and gave me crutches. They also told me to try and walk on it with the help of the crutches as support, which I did, and when I went back a week later for a check up they said it had healed well because I walked on it.
So chances are the same thing will happen to you, and you have probably just sprained it.
But whatever you do, DON'T tell the doctor what you think you have done, they won't thank you for it.
Don't suggest anything. Just tell the doctor what happened and most likely you will have x-ray's done so that they can rule out fracture, and they might put an air-cast on for stabilization and ice it to reduce swelling.