Bruises, or hematomas, arise at people of all age from time to time. They can appear as a result of bruises, injuries, medical manipulations, age changes of vessels. It is impossible to be insured from blows and falling, and here to stop development of bruise and to reduce it, in time having taken measures - it is very real.
Instruction
1. Apply ice or other cold subject on the hurt place at once after trauma or blow. Cold will reduce hypodermic bleeding, relieves pain, removes hypostasis of fabrics. To remove discomfort, wrap ice in piece of pure fabric and cool bruise within 10-15 minutes. Then take break for 1-2 hours. Repeat several times within the first day.
2. If the area of damage big, bandage the hurt place elastic or usual bandage. Pressure upon the damaged vessels considerably will reduce bleeding and will prevent excessive hypostasis of surrounding fabrics.
3. In 24 hours after bruise or trauma put the warm hot-water bottle wrapped in pure fabric to hematoma. It is possible to make warm bath if surface fabrics are not damaged. Bruise is already created, and dry or damp heat helps to expand vessels for the best blood circulation, lymph. Heat promotes outflow of interfabric liquid and reduction of hypostasis.
4. Use creams with vitamin K in structure or special bruises medicines on vegetable basis. For example, gel the Fresh-water sponge forte possesses resorptional action, strengthens inflow of blood to cages, restores their food. There are also medicinal ointments reducing bruises and hematomas - troksevazin, trokserutin, lioton. They improve blood circulation, reduce hypostasis and morbidity of fabrics, strengthen vascular walls. These ointments are on sale without recipe, but before use it is better to consult with the surgeon or the traumatologist.
5. Keep in mind that the bruises located standing and in lower body heal more slowly, than on face and trunk. It is connected with the big pressure of blood in vessels of the lower extremities therefore they will longer bleed and it is worse to heal. Bruises standing can remain bright within month and more.
6. If you often have bruises, avoid long stay in the sun. It does skin more subject to hematomas. Can result long intake of drug diluting blood, for example, of aspirin in the same result. Accept enough vitamin C which strengthens vessels.