Ok this started about a week ago. Basically, when i get on the treadmill my trainers sometimes dig into the back of my ankle, causing a blister. So i tend to put a plaster for protection over my ankle so that i can't feel the digging of the shoes. I ran out of plasters with the white cushioning and instead had some of those red plasters that dont have a cushioning, that u tend to find in first aid kits. I put those on when i got on the treadmill at night, and i kept them on all night because i thought i'm going to have a run in the morning too. When i took the plasters off they were stuck hard onto the skin and it was quite painful taking the plasters off. For the first 4/5 days the back of my ankles were really itchy and red and there was a slight rise of skin exactly in the area where hte plasters were (this is on both ankles). Now its been a week, my ankles have swollen up a lot and look like i've sprained both of them (which i don't think i have because they aren't painful when i walk or anything... but i'm just describing what the swelling looks like). The area that was red has now spread a bit and is now a purple/blue colour. the skin is very dry and stiff (hence some pain when i move my feet in a way which scrunches up the back of the ankle skin). It is incredibly itchy, and i have to itch it for a quite a while once i get started... it is really really hard not to. My GP is fully booked all this week, so i was just wondering if this looks like an emergency to any one or not, and whether they have had any similar experiences. Thanks . Oh and i don't know if its related, but now i also have a really swollen up painful throat and a fever, just incase u need to know.