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Any medical pro.s out there? My mom ran over herself with her own car!?
Long story short, she jumped out of the car ( thought she ran over the puppy ), threw in R not P. She fell and was pinned by the door which drug her 20 ft. She hurt her knee and her back is really sore.
1.the knee is slightly swollen, fluid in it
2.pain with just a blanket lying on it
3.fine when straight, but when she bends it feels "like stitches ripping."
She stayed off for the first 2 days, then she went back to walking around. After a week she has decided to get off it.
She's only using ice pack, no heat. She's really scared to go to the doc. Help!
Blackvipe1, could she give me some things to scare my mother with and some advice to give her as far as taking care of herself?
Also, are blood clots something to worry about?
10 Answers
- blackvipe1Lv 42 decades agoFavorite Answer
I recommend you need to get to a doctor ASAP! this is not something to mess around with. I ask my wife and she is a RN in Mexico. She says see a doctor Immedeately.
- Anonymous2 decades ago
Definitely need to see a doctor. It sounds like the best thing to do for the knee right now is the RICE method: rest, ice, compression, and elevate, while waiting for the doctor. But you definitely need to get so medical help with something like that.
- 2 decades ago
Take her to the Doctor. Doesn't sound good and a hurt knee is nothing to ignore.
- C_BarLv 72 decades ago
Tell her to grow up and go to the doctor. Her only other choices are taking advice from people who have nothing better to do than offer unsupported advice on the internet (I include myself) or to trust her own instincts, and she is someone who ran overself with her own car.
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- 2 decades ago
The knee has been hurt badly. Sorry, I hate going to the doctors myself, but if it is to heal right she needs x-rays to see how bad the muscles been damaged.
Source(s): The school of hard knocks - 2 decades ago
Just trick her into going to the hospital. I know that sounds horrible, but if she's really that afraid, that's all you can do. Just get her to go to the grocery or something with you (assuming you're over 17), and drive to the hospital.
- 2 decades ago
Tell her that she should see a doctor sooner rather than later so they can prevent doing replacements on her. Talk about her hip. It's all down-hill from there.
- ♥tesha♥Lv 42 decades ago
have a doctor visit her. contact an orthopedic to check if she has incurred a broken bone....give her an otc pain reliever. just try to contact a doctor just to avoid any complications. Good luck!
- 2 decades ago
She needs to see the doctor before she does something worse to it!!
