I fell 2 days ago on my knee and scraped it very badly. It still hasn't scabbed over completely. I am keeping neosporin and a bandaid on it. A few hours after I fell, I noticed a red ring form around the large scrape. It is swollen and hard. It hurts to touch anywhere near the spot and the red ring is continuing to expand across the rest of the knee. I can barely walk on it because it hurts so badly. I cannot completely bend my leg or lay it straight. What should l do? What's causing the swelling?
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well when we fall we only have so much to break the fall and the knee isn't soft its hard surface with cartlidge when we hit it being it isn't cushy so the surrounding area is going to bruise and this is the area that the swelling comes into question til the inflamation goes down and it starts to get better the swelling will remain i would go see a dr and get it looked at cause of your pain level also you might have damage nerves and tendions