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Leg ulcer after accident

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NotSpaghetti Wed 11-Dec-24 10:49:44

Is it definitely an ulcer?
My husband's kept cracking and getting worse.
It was an infection and was cleared once they knew what it was exactly.
He had to tell them he would buy his own swabs though before the surgery got any in!

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SueEH Wed 11-Dec-24 10:44:10

RosiesMaw2

Has anybody suggested Manuka (sp?) honey?
Legs- shins - are notoriously stubborn about healing because the skin has no cushioning. I hope all the treatment planned is successful, but you will still have to be very careful.

Thank you. Not yet. My mother took a chunk out of the front of her leg when she was 90 and the district nurses did eventually manage to get it to heal by using honey.
I’m away this weekend so the nurse just put a silver infused dressing on and I’ve to go back on Tuesday for the Doppler etc.
I feel a bit of an idiot that I’m so panicked but I’ve just never experienced anything weird happening to my body before.

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RosiesMaw2 Wed 11-Dec-24 10:33:51

Has anybody suggested Manuka (sp?) honey?
Legs- shins - are notoriously stubborn about healing because the skin has no cushioning. I hope all the treatment planned is successful, but you will still have to be very careful.

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SueEH Wed 11-Dec-24 10:21:12

Hi all. I had a stupid accident a month ago and cut my leg when I was doing too many things at once and walked into my coal bucket.
Had it cleaned and dressed at A & E and after a couple of weeks and a change of dressing it seemed to be scabbed over and healing.
I went to the local surgery nurse as I was worried about it pulling apart during movement and they’ve dressed it a couple of times.. last week the nurse said it was healing nicely.
I’ve been this am again and now apparently it’s an ulcer! It looked 100% worse than last week. I’ve got to have a Doppler and possible compression stocking.
I’m 64 and lucky to have never been ill or in hospital (apart from childbirth and having my tonsils out) but this has really thrown me completely.
How could it go from being dry and pretty well scabbed to an ulcer that might be there for months? Why do they seal wounds completely now.. that’s totally new idea for me.
I do realise that many many people have much worse and more urgent problems but I’m flummoxed.
Thank you for reading.

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