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Bruise: First aid
A bruise forms when a blow breaks small blood vessels near your skin's surface, allowing a small amount of blood to leak out into the tissues under your skin. The trapped blood appears as a black-and-blue mark.
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bruises often or has recurring bruises without known trauma or cause.
has increased pain or swelling.
is unable to move a joint.
may have broken a bone.
has injured or bruised an eye.
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Bruise mark treatment
Alternative Names:
Eccymosis treatment; Hematoma or contusion treatment
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Bruises are often caused by falls, sports injuries, car accidents, or blows received by other people or objects.
If you take a blood thinner, like aspirin or warfarin (Coumadin), you are likely to bruise more easily.
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Bruises on the abdomen, chest, or lower back after injury can be a sign of damage to internal organs. Bruising around both eyes ("raccoon eyes") after injury to the head can also mean serious injury. Get prompt medical care for these types of bruises.
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Bruised, aching bones or muscles
Eyestrain
Sprains and strains
Rheumatism ...
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bruise
Discoloration of the skin due to a buildup of blood in the underlying soft tissues. Also called a contusion.
bruxism ...
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Bruise the fresh leaves and apply as a poultice to wounds, burns, open sores, gangrene, and moist ulcers. The tea can also be put on them.
Keep some growing in your garden. Once established, it will keep coming up year after year.
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Local bruises - Like other parts of the foot, the heel can be bumped and bruised accidentally. Typically, this happens as a "stone bruise," an impact injury caused by stepping on a sharp object while walking barefoot.
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Like a bruise, as a black eye heals, the swelling around the eye decreases, and the bruise gradually fades away.
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A small bruise caused by blood leaking from broken blood vessels into the tissues of the skin or mucous membranes.
echocardiography ...
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Constant bruises, skin wounds, and trips to the hospital take their toll on both affected children and their parents. Prior to diagnosis parents of children with EDS have found themselves under suspicion of child abuse.
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- Protect bruises, scraped skin or swelling from additional trauma until healing is complete.
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Joanne sat bruised and exhausted, hugging her large, pregnant belly. In her mid-30s, blond and the blue-eyed, she was a respected teacher in an elementary school, but tonight she felt like a fugitive.
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You may get a small bruise at the site. You can lower the chance of bruising by keeping pressure on the site for several minutes.
In rare cases, the vein may become swollen after the blood sample is taken. This problem is called phlebitis.
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Fortunately, because of its location, a minor bump or bruise to the abdomen is unlikely to damage the spleen. The spleen can, however, be damaged in accidents that cause significant trauma to the abdomen.
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unusual bruises or purplish areas on the skin
unexplained nosebleeds
unusually heavy bleeding or oozing from wounds
unexpected or unusually menstrual bleeding
blood in the urine
cloudy or dark urine ...
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Bone bruises
Excessive pronation (tendency of the foot to turn inward)
Haglund's deformity (bony growth at the back of the heel that usually occurs when shoes repeatedly aggravate tissue and underlying bone)
Heel spurs (also called bone spurs) ...
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a bruise from hitting the heel against a hard object
gout, which is a disease that causes painful joints
inflammatory bursitis, which is a condition caused by the tendon rubbing on the back of a shoe ...
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Leaking blood vessels in the skin cause rashes that look like bruises or small red dots to develop on the legs, buttocks, and back of the arms. The rash may first look like hives, then change to look like bruises.
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For example, damage to normally functioning tissues such as broken bones, cuts and wounds, bruises and haemorrhages, burns and scalds, which are clearly related to the event. But sometimes the lack of any obvious harm can be falsely reassuring.
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Innumerable insults (a mosquito bite, a splinter, a virus infection, a bruise, a broken bone) can trigger an inflammatory response and dispatch cells and chemicals to the site to repair the damage.
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If you've ever had a bruise, you may have noticed that the skin went through a series of color changes as it healed. When you saw yellow in the bruise, you were seeing bilirubin.
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She arrived at my office with a severely swollen and bruised (ecchymotic) left ankle. There was significant pain upon palpation over both the top and bottom of the left ankle.
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May appear reddened, bronzed, bruised, or purple (purpuric)
Progresses to dusky, dark color ...
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You also may have cuts, bruises, and swelling. Other possible symptoms are numbness, nausea, vomiting, large pupils (black center of eye), mental confusion, and memory problems. You may not see clearly or be fully awake.
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Follow your doctor's instructions concerning caring for your arm. The area where the incision was made will temporarily be swollen and bruised, and applying ice is an effective way to relieve pain and control swelling.
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In general, these treatments tend to cause flu-like symptoms, such as chills, fever, muscle aches, weakness, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea. Patients also may bleed or bruise easily, get a skin rash, or have swelling.
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In the final step of the clotting process, threads of fibrin, a stringy protein, help to plug the injury with a web-like mesh that traps the blood cells within it. This web hardens as it dries, contracting to form a clot or scab. A bruise, too, ...
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