what causes a very swollen ~red ankle~~extremely painful~and without injury?

Question

My ankle is without injury,very swollen~~very red~~and extremely painful.I can't walk on my foot and this is 3rd time in last few months it's happened. This is the worst it's been.

Answer 1

there are a foray of answers, but here are a few of my ideas
GOUT is very painful and causes inflammation, Arthritis can do the same, GOUT affect the feet , Sebaceous sist's

Answer 2

I badly sprained my ankle about 3 weeks ago. I was in a hurry going down the stairs, lost my balance and landed on a bad side of my left foot, causing my left ankle to be stretched going on the inside. The first 48 hours were excruciating and the pain was un-believable. I've never had a serious ankle injury before.

So I immediately treated it using the RICE method. The following day, the bruising and swelling were so horrible. I found out that I got a second degree sprain and immediately panicked after that. I had a football game on that week and it been looking forward to it because I've been training for rt. I had teammates that had similar injuries and it took them months to fully recover, some of them stopped playing altogether. So I kinda had a short-term depression because I can't imagine myself not being able to run and play sports anymore.

Because I was so desperate to recover again, I contacted a lot of people that I know who do sports and asked them if they had similar injuries. One friend of mine, from the boy's football team in my university, told me about H.E.M. Ankle Rehab. I got a copy 4 days after I got injured. I immediately read and followed what was instructed and felt improvement on the first day. I was able to walk a bit, but I was in pain.

A couple of days after that, the swelling and bruising were subsid-ing significantly and on the fourth day, I was walking comfortably again. Although I've had felt a bit of stiffness, I continued doing what was instructed. My sister was surprised that I have recovered this fast. I told her about this book and was shocked on how effective the procedures were. I'm just so happy that this book was shared to me and how effective it is.

Heal your ankle fully & fast?

Answer 3

It could be an injury that went un-noticed at the moment of it's occurrence. It could also be a symptom of something else. Go see your doctor for a proper examination. Good luck, I hope it heals.

Answer 4

get to the ER for testing. are you diabetic? do you have gout? did you have a recent injury (that you don't remember)? is it an infection?

Answer 5

Spider bite?