What should I do if my leg is swollen?

The children were jumping around and accidentally fell and got their legs swollen, red and very high. Some of them were painful and some had local bruises. When encountering this situation, some people say to use hot compress, some people say to use cold compress. What should we do? Doctors recommend that parents learn the following basic emergency protection measures, and then take their children to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible according to the child’s condition to avoid delaying the disease.

What should I do if my leg is swollen? If your leg is accidentally swollen, you should take timely treatment measures, such as learning to use cold or hot compresses. The treatment steps are as follows:

1. When your legs start to swell, it is best to find an ice pack to cool them down. The size of the ice pack should be the same as the size of the swelling. If the ice pack is too cold when applied directly to your legs, you can put a towel under your legs first and then apply the ice pack.

2. If you don’t have an ice pack, you can soak a towel in cold water, wring out the water and apply it to the swollen legs. After applying the mask for 3-6 minutes, rinse the legs in cold water again and continue to apply the mask for a while until the swelling in the legs gradually subsides.

3. After applying the cold compress, sit down flat on a higher place and keep your legs as still as possible. Don't put too much force on your legs, otherwise you will hurt your bones.

4. About 1-2 days later, use a hot towel or hot water bag to apply heat to the swollen area. The swelling should subside a little at this time. Hot compress helps promote blood circulation in the legs. Each hot compress needs 5-10 minutes, and 3-5 hot compresses a day will have a good effect.

5. After hot compress, you can apply a plaster to relax muscles and promote blood circulation for better effect. If the swelling area is relatively large, you can apply two patches.

6. After applying the plaster, you can massage your legs clockwise or counterclockwise. Try to ask others to help you massage as it is very inconvenient to do it by yourself. Persistent massage for a few days will help reduce leg swelling as soon as possible.

7. People with swollen legs should avoid eating beef, mutton, chicken, ginger and other hot foods. Eating too much of these foods is not conducive to the recovery of leg swelling.

8. If the swelling in the legs still exists and there is intermittent pain after using the above methods, the bones in the legs may be injured. In this case, you should go to the hospital for an X-ray examination.

It is really uncomfortable to have a swollen leg. It restricts limb movement and causes pain and swelling. It is very uncomfortable. After learning the basic emergency methods for swollen legs above, we don’t have to worry anymore. However, it is still recommended that parents pay more attention to their children and teach them to be careful in daily life, so as to avoid falls and swellings.