I have scrape on back of leg from ankle to knee which is scabbing but some of it is turning beige, infected?
90604
Please don't take advice from amateurs when your health is concerned. Consult your doctor!
564469
Infection go to the doctor ok
823675
Since you have been out of the country you should call your primary physician and tell them your symptoms and get their adivice.  \nIt could be some kind of rash from fever.
318369
I am a nail tech and when I was in school our teacher told us that those were a type of bruise on the nail bed.....perfectly normal and they don't cause any problem.....now if it is green, yellow, or black then that is a fungus, and you need to talk to your Dr. to get rid of it!!!
114400
definitely go and see your doc it could be an infection.
603927
If there is a scab there, and it has been properly drained - it seems like you are well on your way to healing. If you are still concerned, I would check with the Doc.
369608
If left untreated, even a superficial skin infection can spread down the layers of skin, fat and muscle, and infect the bony tissue underneath. This condition is called OSTEOMYELITIS. In the cases when only the outermost superficial layer of the bone is infected, it is possible to contain the infection by the use of potent, intravenous antibiotics AND surgical removal of the infected soft tissues and scraping the bone itself clean at the infection site. If the infection penetrates into the more profound layers of the bone, in most cases the only way to prevent it from spreading and causing further damage is by amputation of the affected digit or extremity. In 2002, I was involved in an auto accident in which my legs were fractured, and the superficial layer of the skin on the mid-section of my lower right leg was eroded. A dark, though schara (the proctective shield that forms when someone experiences a burn or burn-like trauma to the skin) formed at the site of erosion. My doctor kept telling me that this dark, though tissue would eventually fall off on its own once new skin developed underneath it; he didn't send me for further evaluation, nor did he do any diagnostic tests such as simple x-rays of the affected area. He only gave me a prescription for Ampicillin antibiotics to take at home, and an unguent [Sylvadene] which is used to treat burns for me to apply twice a day and let it go at that. As days went by, I noticed that my leg kept getting redder around the affected area, it throbbed real badly and then began to swell. I went back to him about 3 times more, and explained the symptoms, but he didn't even look at my leg, and dismissed me w/o further treatment or diagnostic tests, nor reffered me to an specialist for further evaluation. About a month after the accident, I woke up running a fever, and my leg had swollen to more than triple its normal size overnight, and now I was in severe pain. I went to an ER, where a series of diagnostic procedures including x-rays and a CT scan of the leg were done. There, in clear detail, was the source of my symptoms: the infection underneath the dark, though shield had eroded all the way through skin, fat and muscle, and was starting to erode the leg bone (tibia). Osteomyelytis was diagnosed, I was hospitalized and at once put on really strong IV antibiotics; surgery was scheduled for the very next day. My surgeon explained the situation to me: he was going to remove all the infected soft tissue (debridement), and would take a look at the bone to determine the extension and profundity of the infection. He gave me no warranties; if the infection was confined to the superficial layers of the bone, he was going to scrape the bone clean and keep me in the hospital for a prologed course of IV antibiotics. If, after this procedure was done the infection was not completely cured, then amputation of the leg at knee level would be mandatory. Fortunately, when he looked at the bone, only a small superficial area of it was eroded by infection and he scraped the bony tissue clean. After a month's stay at the hospital continuously receiving aggressive antibiotc courses and keeping close tabs to detect any recurrence of infection, I was discharged. The removal of tissue (a block of flesh from my inner ankle up to four inches below the knee) left me with an open, gaping hole in my leg in which the bone itself was visible when the bandages were removed for cleaning twice a day. Now it was a question of keeping the area clean and free of infection until new tissue grew from the inside outwards (a process called granulation). I had to do the bandage changes and cleaning of the open wound myself, inserting my gloved hand into this gaping hole down to the still exposed bone and removing all traces of secretions and other debris; all this I did without flinching, faithfully around the clock; if I didn't do it correctly then a new infection would develop, and there would be no second cha
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i have been a nurse for a long time. When i saw this question i was concerned for you. please see your dr. he will probably check for circulation problems or maybe you have a bacteria in the wound that the antibiotic won't kill. It should be cultured right away. This takes about 3 days to see any growth and to be able to determine what kind of bacteria is in the wound. Please look for red marks going up your leg. also check to see if the area is red and warm. if you see the red marks or it is red you should get to the e.r. Good luck. My guess is that you just need the right antibiotic. Good luck.
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NO, it is NOT an infection.  With a scrape, a lot of times you get that oozing if you immediately coat it with something as you did. The oozing is plasma. It's a part of your blood. Your blood is trying to get white cells there to heal things up. Sounds like you exposed some nerve endings as well.  All completely normal.\n\nThe semi white film is actually skin cells that have stayed wet. The wound is trying to heal, the the environment is too wet.\n\nLeave the bandages and Neosporin off, let it air dry without cloth on it at all if you can, and just wear normal clothing as always.It will form the scab as it dries and heal as scrapes normally do.\n\nNeosporin is not a bad first response; even your doctor will tell you so, especially if you could have gotten fabric fibers, dirt, other crap from the area you fell on it.  But now it's time to let it dry out and heal.
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me thinks lots wrong but first is poor circulation. go to hospital. Is there anything that may have caused this for starters? Like diabetes, smoking, excessively tight shoes, injury. Is it swollen? spiderbite? check footwear and bed linen, etc. But SEE A DOCTOR NOW
829721
If it's been that long and it hasn't gone away, it's probably infected.  You should go to the doctor to have them take a look.
282970
Possibility of an infection. Call your doctor and have it checked out.
484009
You should go to the doctor. You might have an infection.
170630
It could be a spider bite.  She should see her doctor since I am not sure what a brown recluse bit looks like.
561055
Could be a skin fungus or emphezema
488702
What kind of discoloration is it?  Could it be from the dye in your shoes? Do you have diabetes? If it is bluish, your shoes are way too tight and you're cutting off the circulation!!! Not good I don't care how cute the shoes are!!  Soak your feed in warm water, gently massage them with lotion and put on some socks.  If you still have the problem in a day or so, see a doctor.  Blessings.
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It's an infection, go to the doctor.