“Is swelling in mid leg normal after trauma?”
I got into a motorcycle accident this autumn, and had a traumatic injury to the leg that I needed surgery for. The middle of that leg started to swell in the winter. Is swelling in feet normal after trauma to mid leg?
2 Answers
TraumaSurgeonSwelling
Many things can happen after traumatic injuries to extremities (i.e. arms and legs.) You did not mention if you suffered a fracture. Broken bones can take a long time to heal completely. If your fracture was repaired with metal rods or plates, the hardware can get infected. These list of possible causes of leg and foot swelling after injury with fracture includes: venous thrombus (blood clot,) damage to veins with venous stasis, infection in bone, infection in hardware, infection in skin or muscle, impaired lymph drainage.
Make sure you don't have a blood clot which can kill you
