Contusion of soft tissues

Bruising - damage to soft tissues without a significant disruption of their integrity and rupture of the skin.

Symptoms of a soft tissue injury

Injury causes:

• painful sensations, the intensity of which depends on the severity of the injury, painful, with pressure in the area of ​​injury and during movement can increase;
• subcutaneous hemorrhage (bruises, bruises);
• swelling of soft tissues in the place of injury.

First aid for soft tissue injuries

Among the first aid measures:

1. State of rest. Most bruises are on the limbs, and after injury they should not be loaded.
2. Cold compress. Helps reduce pain, hemorrhage and alleviates pain symptoms. To the place of a bruise, ice, cold meat wrapped in a towel or any other cold object can be applied. Apply compress is only meaningful in the first 30-40 minutes after getting injured.
3. The use of ointments and gels with analgesic effect. Diclofenac, Dolgit, Voltaren, Orthofen, Deep Relief, etc. will help.

Than to treat bruises of soft tissues?

The main means of treating bruises are various gels, ointments and creams with analgesic and anti-inflammatory effect, as well as contributing to faster resorption of bruises:

1. Express bruise is a cream based on an extract of spaghetti that prevents the appearance of bruises if applied no later than two hours after the injury, and also accelerates its resorption.
2. Bruise-off is a gel based on leech extract, which accelerates the resorption of bruises.
3. Various preparations based on arnica extract - Arnica DN, Arnigel, Vitatheca. Homeopathic remedies with anti-inflammatory, locally irritating and analgesic action.
4. Preparations with anticoagulant action, which promote rapid resorption arising after a bruise of hemorrhages - Lyoton, Heparin ointment, Trombles, Troxevasin , Dolobene.
5. Ointments on the basis of extracts of fresh-water sponge, livid (delphinium), comfrey.
6. Means with a warming and anesthetic effect - Finalgon, Fastum-gel, Bystrum-gel, Apizarthron, etc.

It should be remembered that local irritating and warming medications can be used not earlier than on the second day after receiving the injury.