Causes of a swollen ankle eighty days after a heel fracture include infection, traumatic arthritis, and obstruction of venous or lymphatic return. Patients need to determine the cause of the condition promptly.
1. Infection: after fracture debridement may not be complete, there are residual necrotic material and other contamination, resulting in localized infection or prolonged healing time, in severe cases, osteomyelitis may be formed, resulting in the patient’s fracture eighty days later there are still symptoms of ankle wrist swelling.
2. Traumatic arthritis: the joints are damaged after heel fracture, the joint surfaces become rough and uneven, and the joints wear out during movement, long-term wear and tear will form traumatic arthritis, and the injured part will be swollen, accompanied by pain.
3. Poor venous or lymphatic return: heel fracture can directly or indirectly cause damage to the veins or lymphatic vessels, resulting in poor venous or lymphatic return, slow fracture recovery, there may be heel fracture eighty days ankle and wrist swelling.
If the patient’s heel fracture is still swollen ankle wrist for a long time, it may also be caused by soft tissue adhesion at the ankle and cartilage fracture at the ankle after the heel fracture, it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in time to clarify the cause of the disease and carry out targeted treatment or therapy.