Help please!! Approx. 4 yrs. ago I had quite a bad fall and suffered a Bimalleolar fracture in my right ankle. I had a plate with 6 pins inserted on the oouter side of my ankle and a screw of some sort on the inner side just at the ankle bone. With the last week i have been suffering quite a lot of pain and had to attend accident and emergency to have x-rays taken. These showed quite a lot of swelling but no other fractures or movement of the plate, pins etc... I have been prescribed anti-biotics as i have been told it is PROBABLY an infection.. However if this so called infection does not clear up i was told removal of the plate and pins may be necessary.... I am hoping that maybe somebody could help me by explaining it properly to me please??? The medication i am taking does not seem to be working as the pain is still quite severe and i have been taking them for 5 days...

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