My ankle has been swollen.?

My ankle has been swollen.?My ankle has been swelling and looks reddish/bluish in the area and warm. It's not hurting but achy! It's been like this for about 2 years. Too many doctors. One said it's gout/gouty arthritis, another one said it's tendonitis. The only thing that makes the swelling go down is cortizone injection. I had blood tests done but there's no sign of uric acid or kidney problems. I don't remember any injury to it. I'm getting tired of going to the doctors. It's getting very expensive and I'm not getting any answer cuz noone can seem to pinpoint the problem. What's wrong with my ankle?

Tourang B
Don't worry. Your ankle has been strained and it takes a long time to heal. What you need to do is forget about doctors. Find a real good therapist and do some therapy on it. The thing with therapy is that it helps you strenghthen the muscles around your ankle so that the wound can heal faster. Right now it sounds like since it's tender, you are not able to put too much pressure on that foot and as a result the muscles have weakened which in turn puts more pressure on the injured part. The muscles need to be strengthened and after a month of therapy you will start to heal. I am doing the exact same thing with my shoulder and it's working great. Good luck.

ryan_hollow
Go to the Doctor!

Windona
Hmm. I have a swolen ankle, but it's just twisted. You know, it could be a bruise that hasn't healed or somehow the red marrow in your bone is making the blood go to that point to make it swell and it's sort of a bruise. I don't know, but don't worry about it. My mom said that her docters wanted to remove a spot on her that was there for 5 years and if she had that done she wouldn't of given birth to me, so you really should look it up.

lulu9481
dude if several doctors dont know whats wrong what makes you think we know without seeing it and not being professionals.
sorry if that sounds blunt but we cant diagnose it

STEVE J
GOOD question sorry i can't help

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