I have an irrational fear of doctors, so hoping it resolves on its own.

  • BetterDev@programming.dev
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    That looks bad fam. Did you hurt it, or is it just swelling? Is it painful?

    My wife’s ankle sometimes swells if she’s been wearing restrictive shoes or her allergies flare up, but its not usually by this much.

    I get the doctor thing. I would just go to an urgent care for something like this so they can tell you if its something to worry about or not. Those are usually pretty quick and cheap, but YMMV.

    Wishing you best of luck, no matter what!

    • ChihuahuaOfDoom@lemmy.world
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      The urgent care would look at that and send them to the ER where they would give lasix to get some of the retained fluid out of their body.

    • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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      I think it’s from being on my feet the whole day, I was at a convention.
      The pain is gone today, so at least there’s that.

      I take estrogen HRT, so it could actually probably be DVT. Oh well.

      Thanks 🩷

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        Oral estrogen has a higher risk of DVT than others. If it doesn’t go away in a day, or you have any symptoms of stroke, please treat it as an emergency. If you start coughing up blood, it’s also an emergency, but it’s probably too late.

        • Miisha ♀️@lemmy.blahaj.zoneOP
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          I’m on injections, they’re just better. And it turned out to be NOT DVT, thank fucking god. That would have made it impossible for me to get bottom surgery.
          It was an infection and I have some antibiotics to nom :3

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        Hey, please do not fuck around with this, especially if pressing near your ankles causes an indentation that takes a few seconds to go back to normal. They can do a blood test at the ER to see if you have a clot and treat it.