Ankle imfection but dr surgery not taking appointments....

gunner786

Hi guys.
I have some sort of wound/infection on the other side of my ankle for the last 2 weeks.
Its slowly spreading up my leg in patches.
The dr isnt taking any appointments due to covid19 and last time recomended me bazooka over the phone. Now i think until he see's it he cant diagnose it properly and i think its getting worse and worse. What can i do in this situation? I have uploaded a pic see if any of you is any the wiser what it is?
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[Deleted User]

Just ring the dr, they are seeing those that really need to be seen. They are also doing prescriptions over the phone. I had a toe infection and used the online consultation, gave a good description, spoke to the dr then picked up my antibiotic. 

Pollycat

_shel said:

Just ring the dr, they are seeing those that really need to be seen. They are also doing prescriptions over the phone. I had a toe infection and used the online consultation, gave a good description, spoke to the dr then picked up my antibiotic. 

+1 to this ^^^^.

My friend had a couple of insect bites a couple of weeks ago.

She rang her GP, they asked her to send photos and then prescribed anti-biotics.

It's healing up nicely.

suejb2

My doctors now have a service called “go to askmygp” it’s an online consultation platform. You either video or photograph your ailment they reply by phone, email, or video within that working day. Have yours got this or similar?

uknick

Gunner, the fact the two marks seem to be some distance apart you need to make sure there's no parasite in there.

Have you tried your local pharmacist?  Or, and I would never normally recommend this in normal circumstances, your local Emergency department?  

My partner was having a phone consultation with an immunologist at the general hospital and they said Emergency was pretty much empty.  Having said that, I'd only consider this option as a last resort and only if you or any in your home are not considered vulnerable with regard to COVID-19.

[Deleted User]

You should be able to upload your pic via an email and send to the surgery for a doctor to view prior to a call back. Obviously ring the surgery up first and say you want a call back after the pictures have been viewed and they will advise the best procedure. I had to do this last week and got a call back later in the afternoon once my email had been read. 

gunner786

Emailed them the pics and they said its a fungi infection. But im still not convinced. Got given a cream fucidin 30g to put on all the spots where rash is

Pollycat

gunner786 said:

Emailed them the pics and they said its a fungi infection. But im still not convinced. Got given a cream fucidin 30g to put on all the spots where rash is

So what do you think it is?

Gers

gunner786 said:

Emailed them the pics and they said its a fungi infection. But im still not convinced. Got given a cream fucidin 30g to put on all the spots where rash is

https://www.pharmacy2u.co.uk/fucidinh.html

https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/fusidic-acid/

Fucidin doesn't seem to be anti-fungal - best to give the doc a ring again or ask to speak to a pharmacist if they are still doing consulations.