What to do about ankle bone pain

If the patient has pain in the ankle bone, the following treatment measures can be taken: 1. Keep braking and rest, at this time it is recommended that the patient use elastic bandage or ankle brace to fix the ankle joint, and not to continue to go down to weight-bearing activities. 2. The patient can ask others to help go to the nearest pharmacy to buy Yunnan Baiyao ointment, compound Nanxing pain relief ointment and put it on the affected area, after which you can also take a capsule of Nimesulide orally. 3. After the above treatment, the patient, with the help of family members, should go to an orthopedic department of a secondary or higher hospital as soon as possible to clarify the cause of this pain and then treat it. The most common cause of pain here is a fracture around the ankle joint or an inflammation inside the ankle joint.4 After the cause is clear, if there is a fracture of the ankle joint, it should be properly repositioned and fixed, and then a series of anti-inflammatory, anti-swelling, pain-relieving and fracture-healing drugs should be used for treatment. If there is internal inflammation of the joint, the patient should be treated with anti-inflammatory and cartilage-nourishing medications in addition to immobilization and braking. At the later stage, the patient also needs to do the corresponding functional exercises under the guidance of the doctor.