I had hip replacement 7 weeks ago. 10 days ago i had a crush injury to the toe 2nd toe on the non surgical leg. I did a follow up dr. visit and found out the toe is infected, maybe staph? I am on sulfa drugs that seem to be working.I went to the emergency room because I couldn t get the injury to stop bleeding, within 4 hours. The emergency room doctor said my toe was bleeding from the inside, broken blood vessel.I was not given antibiotics at the emergency room. I am worried about having infection at the site of my new prostesis. did i catch it in time? can i ice my toe. I m keeping it elevated a lot.
Thanks for posting your query to Chat Doctor. First I would like to explain to you that any minor internal bleeding stop spontaneously within few hours if there is no any other problem to you. Second internal bleeding leads to collection of blood at tissue of toes form hematoma, Chances of infection are present there so you should be alert about sign and symptom of infection like increase in pain, swelling, fever, malaise etc. So if these warning sump appear you should imminently consult to clinician, meanwhile do following thing :Prevent further injury. If there is skin breach Chat Doctor. Take analgesic Paracetamol 500 mg two times a day .also you can use ice to get receive. Avoid prophylactic use antibiotic if you are not having any kind of infection. Hope you have got answer of your query. If you are satisfied with my answer kindly rate me. Feel free to further contact.regards,