2006-09-19 01:43:56 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Other - Diseases
The best person to talk to is an orthopedic MD. How did your tibia/fibula get infected? If you had say, cellulitis in the affected leg, this infection can spread and invades the bones beneath. So it not unusual for the tibia/fibula/ankle to be affected from the cellulitis. That is reason why when you go to the hospital with cellulitis they will do a x-ray, to make sure that the bones are not compromised. See an orthopedic doctor.
2006-09-19 02:40:52 · answer #1 · answered by pskcab 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since there is no bone called the tibula, you are either referring to the tibia or the fibula. Either way, I know of no infection that spreads in the bone other than cancer or gangrene. I don't think anyone here can help you with that. You're going to have to suck it up and go to a doc.
2006-09-19 01:48:19 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Peachy® 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tibia or Fibula ? Right ankle or Left ankle ? Osteomyelitis does not spread to nearby joints.
2006-09-19 01:48:35 · answer #3 · answered by J.SWAMY I ఇ జ స్వామి 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I hope you are on antibiotics. Vancromyacin is one of the big dogs of antibiotics and you might need that. You don't want to get ostymylitis.
2006-09-19 01:49:57 · answer #4 · answered by always 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋