2007-01-15 07:18:24 · 8 answers · asked by ldgbt 3 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Injuries
In the first few hours of an injury it is good to apply a cool compress, AKA baggie of ice. Why, because cold constricts circulation to the area, cold clamps down fluids going and coming. To understand this you may think of how cold your hands feel on a cold day, and that is because your circulation is restricted to your hands, and finger tips on a cold day. So decreasing circulation brings less fluids to the area, less fluids means less blood, less puffiness, less bluish discoloration. If this is done right away it will really limit the ecchymosis (blue) at the site. After about 2-4 hours one should switch to warm compress, or heat because heat will open the circulation and assist what fluid that have collected in the area to be taken away. You get the picture cold=stop hot=go
2007-01-15 07:26:09 · answer #1 · answered by redford 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Firstly make sure you have packed it well with ice for about 2o minutes twice a day, this will help with the swelling. If you have a bandage put lots of witch hazel on it and put it in the freezer until very cold. Take it out and apply the bandage with the witch hazel over the area of the bruising. You can apply the witch hazel to the area effected without the freezing process and it will reduce the bruising substantially.
2007-01-18 11:50:05 · answer #2 · answered by cheafy 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take some 4'' wide gauze and make a poultice of herbal cayenne powder. As hot as you can get it, which is normally around 100,000 heat units. Wet it down and then loosely wrap it around your leg where the bruise is and leave it on overnight. The heat from the cayenne brings the blood to the surface of your skin and will help heal the afflicted area overnight.
2007-01-15 15:27:08 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Within the first 24 hours, apply ice to slow the blood flow, ease tension, etc.
If it is not within the first 24 hours, avoid it, as that will only irritate it and make it worse.
Whatever you do, DO NOT apply heat, as this speeds up the blood flow, and will never have a good outcome on any bruising.
Hopefully, with ice, your bruise shouldn't appear at all, if one were even forming to begin with.
2007-01-15 15:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by Clarke . 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you go to a chriopacter they have therapy for things like that. I got treated for my leg when I bruised it and he put something on it and it healed alot faster.
2007-01-15 15:27:15 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It will go,however apply silvicream.
2007-01-15 15:22:57 · answer #6 · answered by SKG R 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
cold compress
2007-01-15 15:25:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
witch hazel.
2007-01-15 15:22:16 · answer #8 · answered by anna 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋