Ice it. Ice your injury for 20 to 30 minutes every 3 to 4 hours to reduce pain and swelling. Continue this for 2 or 3 days, or until the pain is gone. Compress your leg. Use an elastic bandage around the lower leg and ankle to keep down swelling.
Finally, two terms you may run across in the future are oxidizing agent (or oxidant) and a reducing agent (reductant). An oxidizing agent causes oxidation and is reduced in the reaction. A reducing agent causes the reduction in the redox reaction. The reducing agent is oxidized in the reaction.
In the above reaction between hydrogen and oxygen gases, oxygen is the oxidizing agent. Oxygen is a good oxidizer in reactions. Further, hydrogen peroxide, sulfuric acid, nitric acid, halogens, permanganate compounds, and Tollenâs reagent are some of the common oxidizing agents. Reducing Agent.