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I hit my shin 2 weeks ago, 3 days after my ankle and foot started to swell and go black. been taking antibiotics for 3 days now my leg is going grey?
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It is hard to say..: Is the leg/foot warm? If they are, the discoloration could just be blood from the shin trauma tracking downward and outward.
Answered 12/8/2012
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A contusion: Bleeding under the skin will migrate and turn purple and black away from injury site as the bleed fades it will change color.
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