Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Nearest ER Continue

Can you hear a popping sound coming from the ankle area when he or she try to move?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Nearest ER Continue

Looking at the ankle joint, would you say it looks deformed?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Urgent Care Continue

Can your child even put any weight on it?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Nearest ER Continue

Was the child able to use the ankle immediately after the sprain?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Urgent Care Continue

You should know by now if you need to seek urgent care or emergency room visit.

If you don't think it is an emergency, let's see if you need to call the pediatrician for an appointment or if you can take care of this with self care.

Continue

Seek urgent care or call the pediatrician.

Urgent Care Continue

Has it been 2 to 3 days and the sprain is getting worse?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Nearest Clinic Continue

Has it been about 2 or 3 days now and the swelling is not going down?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or emergency room.

Urgent Care Continue

Has the area become tender or warm to touch?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or call the pediatrician.

Urgent Care Continue

Is the area red and very painful?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or call the pediatrician.

Urgent Care Continue

Does the child also have fever with this ankle sprain?

Yes No

Seek urgent care or call the pediatrician.

Urgent Care Continue

Those questions were to rule out urgent or emergency care.

If you answered negative to most of the questions, it may be something you can take care of with self care.

If this is the case, let's see what a pharmacist recommend you do to help with your child's ankle sprain.

Urgent Care Pharmacist