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Leg injuries and infections!

I fell and hurt my shin about a year ago. It happened when I was climbing those stairs on my way to work and somehow I kicked the steps and hit my right shin on the edge of those pebbled staircase. It hurt so bad at that time that I couldn't even straightened my leg. Tears was threatening to roll down my face, but when I saw my colleagues, I sucked all my tears back in and forced myself to continue walking to my office (which luckily wasn't very far)

This is how it looks like when I reached my cubicle.


Doesn't look too bad right? Just look like I scrapped it. I used Detol antiseptic cream and just moved on with my day. The worst is not here yet!!!!

This was at the height of my injury!


Looks so scary isn't it? The wounds was infected! I thought that it was a simple scrape! By chance, I was feeling really unwell a few days after I fell down and went to the doctor. The doctor took my temperature and told me that I was having a fever and he took a look at my leg and told me that my wounds were infected and its quite bad. Look at all the pimple like spots surrounding the wound. All those are infections too! The doctor had to open up those scabs and get the antibiotic creams to stop further infections. It hurts like hell!

I had to change the dressings every 2 days.


This was a few days after I went to the doctor. The wound is not so angry red anymore. Its slowly healing. I learnt how to clean the wound and dressed it up myself at home.


Had to walk around with that bandage for around 2 to 3 weeks. Not my idea of fun! Even after the wound had closed, my shin still hurt! At that time I even suspect if I had a hairline fracture. But after some gentle massage, it got better so I guess its not a fracture after all.

A lot of people commented on how ugly my scar was after this incident. I hated the scar!!!!!! I started to use all types of cream on it. Aloevera gel, Bio Oil, Mederma, Whitening cream, you name it, I tried it.


This is how my scar looks like a year on. It has really faded a lot. But there is still a long way to go before people will stop asking me if this is a birthmark.

Lesson to be learnt: -  Clean your wounds properly. Do not let it get infected or else, there is a lot of consequences to suffer from. I learnt it the hard way.
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Michael said…
I have almost the same injury right now , not as bad looking as yours when it was fiery red but still when I covered it with bacitracin, the wound bed hot really wet n it looked much worse. So I left it uncovered last night and it doesn't look as bad but it hurts to touch anywhere near it or even put all my weight on it. If it's not better by morning I'll go to ER.
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Artowawa said…
Hi @blacksonne eightyeight, sorry to hear about your injury. I think that its best to have a professional look at your wound. I thought that it was just a simple scratch as well but it end up being infected. And the recovery was a long one and plus the ugly scar that I was left with.

Best if a professional take a look and clean the wound properly and they can advise you on the proper care for your wound.
4:28 PM
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