Sunken Area On Lower Leg

Sunken area on lower leg Am i getting gangrene answered by dr.

Sunken area on lower leg. Dry leg skin. Common types of tendonitis that would cause lower leg pain around the ankle area are achilles tendonitis and posterior tibial tendonitis. Most commonly an itchy circular patch of dry skin is nummular eczema. No but dr can check.

If you wear tight pants tall boots or any other foot or leg wear that frequently abrades your lower calves the darkened skin may be caused by friction according to yarosh. A retracted muscle in the area can also cause such an indentation. Although hematomas can show up elsewhere if they appear on your leg it s usually due to injury such as a blow to your leg from a fall or an encounter with a blunt object. Gangrene is dead flesh which would cause not ju.

A sunken area on the leg without any history of trauma is likely to be due to a local fibrosis in the area. Symptoms tendonitis causes pain that increases with activity or stretching of the affected tendon. Other possibilities are psoriasis and ringworm fungal infection. When i run my hand over the right leg there is a noticable indented area gradually indenting over about 3.

Routine friction makes skin dry and irritated and over. I thought it was water retention since i was at the beach drinking alcohol. Sunken spots on leg with swelling by. But that was like 15 years ago.

I just noticed a sunken in area about the size of quarter on my leg 4 inches above my ankle. You need to self monitor the area for any skin changes pain increase in the indentation etc. Not much facial hair either. 4 inches above my ankle.

I am getting sunken spots in my leg muscles. I woke up this morning with a about 6 inch long 3 inches wide sunken place in left lower leg after about 2 hours it appears normal i have two questions first to you suffer from edema or. I cannot explain it. I have developed a dent in the front part of my thigh a few inches above the knee over the last week or so.