Hello..I had foot surgery on July 24 and had a ganglion cyst removed and a bone spur in the top of my foot shaved down..my incision is about 3 inches long..a few days ago I started developing little red bumps around the incision and top of my foot..I called the dr. And he prescribed me augmentin. My foot is in alot of pain and extremely swollen. I ice and elevate it but when I get mobile it swells up within minutes and the last couple days the swelling has increased and is not going down at all. Is this normal?
Hello, I have studied your case and I do not think that this is normal. There are chances of hypertrophied scar or infection. I would suggest you to show it to a surgeon and get it diagnosed. If there is hypertrophied scar then you can get intraluminal steroid to take care of that. If there is infection then you need to get re exploration of the wound and debridement. I hope this answer will be useful for you. Let me know of if there is any other followup questions. Thanks