Debilitating ankle joint cramping post arthroscopic surgery
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06/11/2018 I had straight forward ankle arthroscope. Surgeon said all went well.
2 and half weeks post surgery I got an infection around the sutures and immediately started suffering from debilitating cramping. I would collapse and lie in a pool of sweat, and writhe around due to the intense pain. The cramping would last anywhere from 3-12 hours and I could not touch or weight bear on the ankle.
The surgeon prescribed antibiotics and after taking repeats did absolutely nothing for infection. All the while suffering from these cramps on nearly a daily basis.
I went to another doctor who prescribed stronger antibiotics Alphaclav DUO Forte 875/125 (10 tablets which I took for 5 days). Immediate effect on ankle. it settled down.
No cramping for 2 weeks after completing prescription, then on 19/12/2018 suffered intense cramping episode which lasted 7 hours. 2 days later another episode lasted 8 hours.
Back to the doctors for another round of same stronger antibiotics (20 tablets this time). Last cramping episode experience christmas day (25/12/2018), until last night (27/01/2019).
Physiotherapist has never seen or heard of this before what could be causing it. This is debilitating and ecruciating.
Can anyone help with knowledge or experience on anything similar.
In hope.
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