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What are the symptoms of an ankle sprain or break?
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Similar: Often times the symptoms are the same. Pain, swelling, difficulty walking.
Answered 3/7/2015
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Mechanism of injury: can be similar in each; abnormal force through ankle joint causing pain, swelling, tenderness and pain on walking. To treat a sprain consider the acronyms PRICE and HARM http://patient.info/health/ankle-injuries-leaflet. To tell whether an injured ankle is likely to need XRAY (to exclude fracture) most Dr's use the OTTAWA score http://www.mdcalc.com/ottawa-ankle-rule/ Have a look at both of these.
Answered 1/26/2018
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