Why do rolled ankles swell up?!


Question: Why do rolled ankles swell up.?
Answers:
You may break a few small blood vessels as well as release chemicals from inside damaged tissues when you roll the ankle. Those chemical are not supposed to be outside of their cells and thereby act as irritants to surrounding tissues which become inflamed, setting off production of inflammatory fluid (swelling) in response.Health Question & Answer

A body part may swell in response to an injury, swelling of the ankle can also occur if the body is not circulating fluid well, swelling is also considered to be one of the five parts of inflammation.

It is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli as well as initiate the healing process for the tissue.

"In the absence of inflammation, wounds and infections would never heal and progressive destruction of the tissue would compromise the survival of the organism." - An article on inflammation.Health Question & Answer

because ankles are not to be rolled up so they swell never seen rolled anklesHealth Question & Answer

It like you have a burse on the inside of your skin and just swells. Health Question & Answer



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