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To ask advice on this foot wound? (Pic included)

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HCantThinkOfAUsername · 08/07/2019 01:59

So last Friday (10 days ago) I fell off a children's roundabout at work and got a few cuts.

This one on my foot was cleaned straight away and I've been cleaning it with TCP but it's getting worse, my whole foot feels bruised and like the skin is being stretched tight and hot to touch too. My lower leg aches.

I plan on seeing pharmacist tomorrow but noticed there's some red lines coming from the wound and when touched it's very tender, I've a few chronic health problems, not too worried as temp is 37.4 it's just so painful.

Anyone got any tips? Don't want to consult dr google and can't sleep with the pain. Feeling such a wuss.

To ask advice on this foot wound? (Pic included)
OP posts:
ScrambledToe · 08/07/2019 23:17

Hope all is okay x

ittooshallpass · 08/07/2019 23:28

Hope you're ok OP and getting the treatment you need.

wibbletooth · 08/07/2019 23:31

OP, hopefully you're on your way to hospital by now, hopefully in an ambulance with switched on paramedics who can see what is going on and that it's not an 'antibiotics and rest at home for a few days' job but a nasty infection that's well on the way to being cellulitis or sepsis and treat you accordingly as well as have the hospital on standby to treat you as soon as you get there.

Given that there are plenty of people on here who think that it looks like it could be the early stages of sepsis and you have already had sepsis previously, I think that you would be justified in saying to them 'I think I have sepsis. I have lupus and am immunosuppressed, I have had sepsis before, I take methotrexate, I am prone to DVTs and take anti coagulants but was given xxx antibiotics earlier today which I have just read I shouldn't mix with the anticoagulants. Despite taking the antibiotics, my symptoms are getting worse. If this is sepsis and you don't treat it, what will happen - in an hour, in 12 hours, in 24 hours? If this isn't sepsis but something different and you treat it as if it were sepsis, what will happen - in an hour, in 12 hours, in 24 hours? What is the hospital protocol when sepsis is suspected? Why do you think I don't have sepsis given that I have the following symptoms that can be sepsis [then list them]?

If you are sitting at a and e waiting, maybe it would be worth writing a list similar to this out (or copying this on your phone and tweaking it to make it fit your symptoms) - hopefully some of the other people on here who are medics can tell you exactly what to say given what they recognise from this thread, so that you have a paragraph or list of symptoms / issues on a piece of paper or on your phone to thrust at the doctor or nurse or triage nurse to get somebody's attention if they are ignoring you.

There was a horrible case at my local hospital a while ago where a patient had gone to her GP, been diagnosed with meningitis and sent down to the hospital with a covering letter that basically said - this patient has menigitis, please treat urgently. Unfortunately she was a regular at a and e as she also had cystic fibrosis. When she got there, they assumed that she was there because of her CF - put her in a bed, said they were busy, didn't even look at the letter and said that she wasn't usually urgent, they were busy and would be back soon... It wasn't soon enough sadly and she died - basically because they jumped to assumptions because they knew her, were busy and wouldn't stop to listen to her say that it wasn't her CF that was the issue. If you go to the hospital now, every desk and booth in a and e seems to have posters and protocols and info about what to do if it is even suspected sepsis (for adults - pretty much treat immediately as if it is, the risk of not treating it is much more dangerous to the patient than of being wrongly treated).

Or maybe just go for the blunt 'if this is sepsis and you don't treat it, what are my chances of still being alive tomorrow morning? What about the morning after that?'

Good luck OP - sorry this is a bit long, but hopefully you are being treated and won't need it! And if you do, that it will make sense...

MollyHuaCha · 08/07/2019 23:36

Get well soon OP. Thanks

Spinmynipplenuts · 08/07/2019 23:41

Hope you’re ok OP

IamEarthymama · 08/07/2019 23:49

Having recently having had cellulitis I feel your pain!
Yours looks much worse!
I hope you are being treated as I write.
Xx

Whatisthisfuckery · 08/07/2019 23:51

I hope you’re ok OP. X

Wafflecopter · 08/07/2019 23:57

It looks exactly like the cellulitis I had when a cyst became infected on my leg through a scratch, it got all the way up my thigh before the Dr admitted I should have gone to A&E days before when they instead gave me two lots of strong antibiotics.
I hope you’re ok OP and on the mend soon. Flowers

tolerable · 09/07/2019 00:00

op.have no advice.just hope you are being seen to and get well soon x

Excited101 · 09/07/2019 00:04

💐

ThatssomebadhatHarry · 09/07/2019 00:34

How are you op

CrispbuttyNo1 · 09/07/2019 00:45

Hope you are being treated as that looks really nasty Shock

WeLoveToBoogieOnASaturdayNight · 09/07/2019 00:48

Hope you're finally being treated properly, now OP Flowers
The lack of communication when you first went in, was terrible.
The doctor not asking about any current meds, was negligent.
What a mess. Sad

OdeToDiazepam · 09/07/2019 01:09

Thoughts and hugs op Sad

Rachelover40 · 09/07/2019 01:53

Red lines mean you need antibiotics, go to your GP or even emergency care centre. You can also buy antibiotic ointment over the counter from pharmacies to treat topically. Carry on cleaning with surgical spirit.

Never neglect your feet! I had similar thing once and a red line which crept upwards. It cleared up quickly on antibiotics and care but the outcome could have been different had I not sought advice. Foot infections can be very nasty.

Good luck and hope you're well soon. Flowers

flumpybear · 09/07/2019 01:58

Good luck OP - I'm assuming they've kept you overnight with IV antibiotics

TheLoverOfTea · 09/07/2019 02:05

Hope you're ok OP Thanks

HCantThinkOfAUsername · 09/07/2019 02:37

Went back, saw nurse practitioner and was told to just let the antibiotics work and be patient and made to feel a massive hypochondriac - didn't even look at my photos or foot properly.
Back home and can't sleep I want to chop my foot off - I know that sounds really dramatic.

OP posts:
HCantThinkOfAUsername · 09/07/2019 02:44

Also apologies it took so long to reply to you all, no signal at the hospital and the WiFi was down.

I'm back there in the morn for the MRI if it comes to it I'll go for a 3rd time but I'm just being fobbed off Sad

OP posts:
Cantchooseaname · 09/07/2019 02:47

That’s really crap. Did they listen to facts about immune? You really need to take care, easier said than done, but that is not right!

HCantThinkOfAUsername · 09/07/2019 02:48

No she really didn't, just asked why was I back already basically Sad

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AmazingGrace16 · 09/07/2019 03:25

Hope you're ok OP

midsummabreak · 09/07/2019 05:48

That is fucked. Can you go to another hospital

Apolloanddaphne · 09/07/2019 05:58

It doesn't sound like they are listening to you properly I hope the antibiotics kick in soon. If it gets worse I would call an ambulance so you can have paramedics look at it first.

midsummabreak · 09/07/2019 05:58

Im sorry but they need to discuss the foot pain. , the spreading of infection, the past medical history and suppressed immunity before they bloody send you home. Very worried about you. Call an adult snd get them to urgently come to your home as you hsve a nasty infection and really should not be on your own, unable to sleep