As with sports, and during the implementation of household affairs, rest is easy to get hurt. This trauma is characterized as a soft tissue injury without rupture of the skin. Similar pathologies do not cause serious complications, but every person should know what to do with a bruise. Correctly provided first aid will avoid the formation of large hematomas and accelerate recovery.
What to do with a strong bruise?
This damage is always accompanied by severe swelling and rupture of blood vessels, therefore the following therapeutic measures are necessary:
- Ensure an injured area full of peace. If the arm or leg is bruised, a tight pressure bandage is required.
- Apply a cold compress to the damage. It needs to be changed every 15 minutes, letting the skin warm up for half an hour.
- Settled so (if possible), so that the bruised place was above the level of the heart.
If the injury is very severe, accompanied by intense pain, weakness, until the loss of consciousness, you need to call an ambulance. Before the arrival of specialists, you can not use analgesics and any other drugs.
Moderate bruises can be treated at home:
- Take a non-steroidal analgesic with anti-inflammatory action (Diclofenac, Ibuprofen).
- Within 24 hours continue to make cold lotions and compresses.
- Completely eliminate the load on the damaged area.
What should I do if my head is bruised?
Even minor traumas of the skull can provoke serious complications in the form of a hemorrhage into the soft tissues of the brain, its concussions. Because of this, the only measure of first aid for head damage is a cold compress. Simultaneously with its imposition, you need to call a team of doctors or in the shortest time to get to the hospital.
What to do after a bruise?
From the 2nd day of injury, the warming of the injured area is shown to improve blood circulation and accelerate the resorption of the formed hematoma , to reduce puffiness. Compresses must be warm, not hot, and UHF exposure will also work.
In parallel, it is allowed to apply anti-inflammatory (Ibuprofen, Ketoprofen, Diclofenac) and absorbable (Heparin, Troxerutin , Lyoton) ointments.
On the third day, the use of locally irritating drugs with a warming effect is recommended - Apizartron, Viprosal, Finalgon.