Should i go to the Doctors?
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In July I binned it at croft at tower and the bike landed on my ankle dragging it down the road.
I was bloody sore for weeks and never really felt 100 percent. I kept riding that day then swallowed some co-codamol till the pain went some weeks later.
On Wednesday I played football, I had a few meaty challenges but nothing worth caring about.
However my ankle was agony right from the start. Admittedly I shouldn't have played for an hour on it.
I am now back on co-codamol for the pain and to be quite frank it hurts all the time.
Does this need to get medical attention or just let nature take its course.
id rather not sit in A and E for 4 hours to get told, stop f
king about on it.
im hoping a doctor is about
I was bloody sore for weeks and never really felt 100 percent. I kept riding that day then swallowed some co-codamol till the pain went some weeks later.
On Wednesday I played football, I had a few meaty challenges but nothing worth caring about.
However my ankle was agony right from the start. Admittedly I shouldn't have played for an hour on it.
I am now back on co-codamol for the pain and to be quite frank it hurts all the time.
Does this need to get medical attention or just let nature take its course.
id rather not sit in A and E for 4 hours to get told, stop f
king about on it.im hoping a doctor is about
N Dentressangle said:
You need to go to A&E and probably get it x rayed. You should probably have done this in July. 
Pop down now before the Sat night pisshead rush really starts.
ok, ill go........after the football. Thanks for the advice.Pop down now before the Sat night pisshead rush really starts.
on a positive note its went from feeling like im standing on an upturned plug everytime I walk to meh.
though I do take a lot of painkillers
A&E????
is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
hajaba123 said:
A&E????
is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
Exactly.is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
A&E for an injury from July......?
Either walk in centre, a minor injuries unit or your own Drs on Monday. In the meantime, elevate, compression, stay off it and take tablets for the pain if required.
hajaba123 said:
A&E????
is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
However the most if not all EMergency Departments have a co-located minor injuries service, assuming that they are not a trust pulling the wool over the eyes of the locals about the status of the department i.e. it's actually a minor injuries service ( See Newark, Grantham, Pontefract etc )is it any of these:
A&E departments assess and treat patients with serious injuries or illnesses. Generally, you should visit A&E or call 999 for life-threatening emergencies, such as:
Loss of consciousness
Acute confused state and fits that are not stopping
Persistent, severe chest pain
Breathing difficulties
Severe bleeding that cannot be stopped
To be honest the branding of Emergency Departments needs to be tidied up nationally ( some are branded A+E, Some Em,ergency Dept and a few still branded as Accident Depts in the signage ... and include Minor Injuries service presence as there currently seems to be a crazy presumption that EDs don't have Minor injuries / Urgent care facilities ... this is not the case even in the Major Trauma Centres ...
moanthebairns said:
Is there a doctor in.the.house.
What's his view
mph1977 is a dr.What's his view
So is Mrs D - she recommended A&E. Of course you could wait and see your GP. He/she will probably want it x rayed anyway, so you'll have to go to the x ray dept, who will then report back to your GP, whom you'll then have to go back and see. If there is a fracture, you'll then be referred to the fracture clinic. All that is not going to cost the NHS any less than an A&E visit, for what, after all, is a trauma injury which should have been dealt with by A&E in the first place.
Just go to A&E. If you originally injured it in July, and it looks like that now, it's clearly not going to get better on its own, and the chances are you've done something unpleasant to bones or tendons.
N Dentressangle said:
mph1977 is a dr.
So is Mrs D - she recommended A&E. Of course you could wait and see your GP. He/she will probably want it x rayed anyway, so you'll have to go to the x ray dept, who will then report back to your GP, whom you'll then have to go back and see. If there is a fracture, you'll then be referred to the fracture clinic. All that is not going to cost the NHS any less than an A&E visit, for what, after all, is a trauma injury which should have been dealt with by A&E in the first place.
Just go to A&E. If you originally injured it in July, and it looks like that now, it's clearly not going to get better on its own, and the chances are you've done something unpleasant to bones or tendons.
Norbert - No i'm a not a Doc , i'm a Nurse who spent 5 + years working in A+E depts and has an interest in emergency care away from the 'real life' ( pays the bills ) job. So is Mrs D - she recommended A&E. Of course you could wait and see your GP. He/she will probably want it x rayed anyway, so you'll have to go to the x ray dept, who will then report back to your GP, whom you'll then have to go back and see. If there is a fracture, you'll then be referred to the fracture clinic. All that is not going to cost the NHS any less than an A&E visit, for what, after all, is a trauma injury which should have been dealt with by A&E in the first place.
Just go to A&E. If you originally injured it in July, and it looks like that now, it's clearly not going to get better on its own, and the chances are you've done something unpleasant to bones or tendons.
without examining the OP i can't say absolutely one way or the other whether an X-ray is needed - the only way to make that call remotely is if someone can't weightbear.
a Minor Injuries Service ( whether standalone or part of a Hospital Emergency Department)is the most appropriate service to see this kind of injury, in all but the smallest units they will have access to an X-ray service round the clock.
Part of the reluctance to use MIUs stems from the very early days of MIUs 15 or so years ago when there were lots of things that required referral to the supporting A+E dept to be seen by a Registrar or Career grade ( Staff grade / Assoc Speciialist / Consultant)- now there are Nurse Practitioners and Paramedic Practitioners with well over a decade's experience of practitioner work , add in the way in which walk-in 0Centres were set up primarily for Pminor illness / primary care stuff so don't necessarily have a radiographer and X ray kit ....
Worthwhile going to your local ED.
You will most likely get an X ray due to symptoms.
It is unlikely it will show any significant bony injury.
Best bet would be to go on Monday morning most departments settle down after 10AM before the afternoon rush when GP referrals arrive.
I'm an EM consultant.
Brendan
You will most likely get an X ray due to symptoms.
It is unlikely it will show any significant bony injury.
Best bet would be to go on Monday morning most departments settle down after 10AM before the afternoon rush when GP referrals arrive.
I'm an EM consultant.
Brendan
I did something similar playing football, although i was ironically warming up, didnt see a big divot & went over sideways on my ankle, it bloody hurt!
It looked almost identical to yours, couldn't walk on it either, went to the Dr, who sent me to the hospital, who X-Rayed it, told me it was ligaments & soft tissue damage, stuck it in a support bandage & told me to take Ibuprofen & rest it for a few weeks, i was back playing a fortnight or so later. I was 17 though & healed super quick!
One of my team mates has done the same thing & he's been out for 3 weeks now.
It looked almost identical to yours, couldn't walk on it either, went to the Dr, who sent me to the hospital, who X-Rayed it, told me it was ligaments & soft tissue damage, stuck it in a support bandage & told me to take Ibuprofen & rest it for a few weeks, i was back playing a fortnight or so later. I was 17 though & healed super quick!
One of my team mates has done the same thing & he's been out for 3 weeks now.
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