Treatment for sudden ankle pain
The best way to treat your ankle pain is to first identify the underlying cause. Your doctor will have to first and foremost run a diagnosis to be able to know the root cause. It may or may not be a severe case. Your doctor will decide whether to give you medication to help ease the ankle pain together with treatment for the underlying cause.
Some of these treatments that can help ease up sudden ankle pain include:
- Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs): These drugs should only be used after a prescription by your doctor. They are recommended in cases of osteoarthritis [7], lupus, or any other underlying cause that also results in swelling.
- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (DMARD): This medication will also help decrease inflammation and slow the progression of the disease. They are used in cases of rheumatoid arthritis and reactive arthritis.
- Immunosuppressants: This medication should only be used following a prescription from your doctor. They are recommended to help slow down the progression of a disease. Your doctor will prescribe them to you if you have scleroderma since the condition has no particular treatment.
- Exercise: With the help of a physical therapist, you can get rid of that ankle pain faster. Rest and stretching exercises are usually part of treatment in most cases of ankle pain. It would help ease the pain and fasten the healing process.
- Oral or IV antibiotics: This is used to treat ankle pain that is a result of an infection. Your doctor will first conduct a blood or tissue test to identify the bacteria.
- Joint fusion surgery: This is done in severe cases and complications.
Conclusion
If you experience sudden ankle pain and you don’t know what the cause is you should immediately see your doctor. It may or may not be a serious case, but why take the risk. Visit your doctor so that the cause can be identified and treatment can be administered.
References
[1] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/rheumatoid-arthritis/symptoms-causes/syc-20353648
[2] https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/flatfeet/symptoms-causes/syc-20372604
[3] https://www.arthritis.org/
[4] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK7611/
[5] https://emedicine.medscape.com/article/216845-overview
[6] https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/infections/bacterial-infections-gram-positive-bacteria/staphylococcus-aureus-infections
[7] https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/osteoarthritis/