The first thing you should do is to identify the cause of the ankle swelling and pain, and then choose the appropriate medication. The common causes of ankle swelling and pain are soft tissue strain, gout, rheumatoid arthritis and so on.
1. Soft tissue strains: if the patient due to soft tissue strains caused by localized swelling, you can take non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs such as celecoxib to relieve pain, if necessary, you can apply diclofenac sodium cream to relieve pain.
2. Gout: if the patient gouty arthritis acute attack caused by ankle swelling and pain, you can also use diclofenac and other drugs anti-inflammatory pain, but also with colchicine and allopurine and other drugs to control uric acid levels.
3. Rheumatoid arthritis: If the acute attack of rheumatoid arthritis causes joint swelling and pain, you can use ibuprofen to relieve pain, if necessary, you can use methylprednisolone to quickly control inflammation, you can also use methotrexate and other drugs to slow down the progress of the disease.
The causes of ankle swelling and pain are more, may also be related to kidney diseases such as glomerulonephritis, liver diseases such as cirrhosis, cardiac insufficiency and ankle fracture and ankle bone tumors and other diseases, if the symptoms continue to be unrelieved, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner to find out the cause of the disease, by the doctor targeted for treatment, the use of medication, please follow the instructions of the doctor.