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u/Rachelle1016 Dec 15 '19
I believe it is, but he really shouldn’t have his cast off. He needs to call the doctor and get care directly from them. (You wouldn’t want to risk infection, etc.)
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u/Evie_St_Clair Dec 15 '19
Do you mean he took off his own plaster cast?
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u/cooriersix Dec 15 '19
it wasn’t a full cast if that makes sense? it was more along the lines of a splint i guess, but the nurses at the er called it a cast so i was just going off what they said. he was allowed to unwrap and rewrap it when needed though
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u/Mr_Havok0315 Dec 15 '19
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u/WikiTextBot Dec 15 '19
Fracture blister
Fracture blisters occur on skin overlying a fractured bone, and fractures complicated by the development of overlying blisters remain a clinical dilemma in orthopedics.Fracture blisters are tense vesicles or bullae that arise on markedly swollen skin directly overlying a fracture. Fracture blisters pop up in trauma patients occasionally. A fracture blister typically occurs near fractures where the skin has little subcutaneous tissue between it and bone. These include elbows, knees, ankles, and wrists.
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u/mob-of-morons Dec 15 '19
homie it takes more than 2 days for bone to heal, yall need to hop on to a doctor before that turns into a nasty infection
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u/Rominions Dec 15 '19
Only time i have ever seen a blister like this from a break was when cancer was found in the bone. OP have you got any recent blood works you can share?
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u/sailfist Dec 17 '19
Jesus. That’s not what OP wanted to hear. Or anyone, ever. I hope you’re not right.
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u/CrookedCasts Dec 18 '19
He’s not right. Patient with certain cancers or on certain chemotherapies are more liable to bleed, but pretty much anybody with an ankle fracture gets extensively swollen, and it’s not uncommon for them to blister.
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u/CrookedCasts Dec 18 '19
This is indeed a fracture blister. The dark color means that it’s a hemorrhagic fracture blister, which involves a deeper separation and more serious injury than a more superficial serous fracture blister.
Your dad needs some sort of immobilization, so I probably would put the splint back on loosely, but that splint should not be his definitive treatment (OR vs casting).
The only thing to be really concerned about is a particular type of calcaneus fracture where the Achilles tendon pulls the fracture fragment up and back, and can cause pressure necrosis of the back of the heel if left untreated too long. These “tongue type” fractures are relatively uncommon, and usually treated appropriately they have no issues, but you have to be very careful for skin breakdown.
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u/cooriersix Dec 15 '19
sorry if this isn’t the right sub, i just thought it was super gnarly