Bruising pain but no brusing.

[lovingangel4uau]

Hi I fell and had cellulitis in hospital on drip of anitbiotes for a week very bad brusing from my knee to my foot that was 2years ago now...some of the area felt numbish for sometime. For a month or so I have been feeling when I touch my leg from the knee to the ankle on the side of that same leg like a brusing feeling but I dont have brusing. I still have some discolouration from that fall. I sometimes have knee pain on that leg to. I am 120kg which I know doesnt help and a bad asthmaticwhich keeps me from being active even with mediation. Would that brusing feeling come from the fall or something else?

[lovingangel4uau]

Thanks for the advice and comments. I went to the doctor yesterday before I saw this.. She just said .."I dont know" in a condesending way.. great.. I was so full of flu and chesty that I just wanted script for antibiotics and out of there.. useless...To doctomee medical... you think all this could happen even 2 years after the fall?

[samanthauriza]

i think it might have came from the fall put ice on it to help it out

[futureRN2011]

i agree. a dvt(deep vein thrombosis) can be very dangerous. i would advoid rubbing that leg at all until seen by a doctor.  

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi
Welcome to the MedHelp forum!
You need to consult a vascular specialist to rule out deep vein thrombosis and lymphangitis or inflammation of lymphatics or phlebitis or inflammation of veins. A color dopplar or duplex ultrasound or an angiogram may be required.
The other possibility is a pinched nerve in lower back. This can be diagnosed by an electrical conductivity test and MRI of lower spine.
But since there is a history of infection, consult a vascular specialist first.
Take care!