Soft tissue bruises are common injuries. After all, no one is immune from hitting the sharp corners of furniture, falling, pinching fingers in the doors and other things. In this case, persistent bruises on the arms, lower extremities, and subcutaneous bruising may develop. Let's find out how to eliminate the pain syndrome with bruises, what to do to restore normal blood circulation in the damaged area.
Injury mechanism
Soft tissue bruises are mechanical injuries that occur as a result of a sharp contact of a certain part of the body with a hard, blunt object. In this case, there is no significant or visible damage to the skin. Soft tissue bruising can also occur from falls.
Symptoms
A typical symptom of severe soft tissue injury is aching, growing pain with gradual bruising. Congealed blood can interfere with workblood vessels, accumulate in deep tissues, creating complications.
If there was a bruise of the soft tissues of the head, where the vessels are extremely small, subcutaneous hemorrhage usually stops after a few minutes. In the most serious cases, without first aid, bleeding can last up to a day.
The shade of the formed hematoma depends on how long ago the injury was received. Fresh lesions are painted in crimson colors. Approximately for 3-4 days, the place of impact of tissues on hard surfaces acquires yellowish tones.
When is it advisable to self-medicate?
The intervention of doctors requires, first of all, severe bruises of soft tissues with profuse hemorrhages, tissue edema, and difficulty in motor functions. Even an ordinary fall out of the blue can lead to the accumulation of blood in the joint cavities, which leads to the need to contact a medical authority. An immediate visit to the traumatologist also deserves a severe contusion of the soft tissues of the head with the formation of deep hematomas. A puncture can repair serious damage.
At the same time, contacting a specialist is considered optional in cases where the following are observed at the site of injury:
- the formation of a slight swelling that does not interfere with the free movement of the limb;
- not pronounced pain that occurs only when touching the damaged area;
- preservation of normal skin color, without bluish and bright red areas;
- in cases where the hematoma gradually decreases in volume over the course of a week.
First Aid
What to do if soft tissue bruises occur? Treatment primarily involves applying a cold compress to the affected area. Exposure to low temperature tissues not only helps to relieve the growing pain syndrome, but also avoids severe hemorrhages.
How to remove a bruise? A piece of cloth soaked in ice water, a bottle or any available metal object cooled in a freezer, an ice pack can be applied to the affected area.
A few hours after injury, soft tissue bruises require the application of a pressure bandage. The latter should not be overly tight. Otherwise, you can disrupt the natural circulation. Wear this bandage for the next few days.
Soft tissue injuries: treatment
After a few days after getting a bruise, applying cold compresses will no longer have the same effect. Treatment during this period of recovery after an injury consists in warming up the damaged area. This solution reduces swelling and promotes gradual resorption of the hematoma.
Quite often, to remove bruises on the hands, patients are prescribed warm baths, dry and alcohol compresses. Excellent in recovery from soft tissue injuries UHF therapy, magnetic therapy, electrophoresis.
If the pain syndrome does not stop for several days, the victims are prescribed medications with an analgesic effect, for example, "Baralgin" or "Ketanov". To remove the bruise of the soft tissues of the face, limbs, other parts of the body allows the use of ointments that restore normal blood circulation.
A good help in recovering from bruises can be massage, traditional medicine. We will talk about rehabilitation using these and other methods in more detail later.
Medicines
Among the pharmaceuticals that allow you to remove the bruise of the soft tissues of the thigh, head, upper limbs, the following drugs should be highlighted:
- Ointment "Troxevasin" - contains antioxidants that strengthen blood vessels and have a tonic effect on tissues. To obtain the greatest effect, it is recommended to apply the indicated remedy on the skin as soon as possible after receiving a bruise.
- Gel "Lyoton" - contains components that stabilize the capillaries. The use of the product contributes to the rapid removal of severe puffiness.
- Ointment "Traumeel" - designed to restore muscles after sprains. At the same time, the tool copes well with bruises. To relieve pain, it is enough just to lubricate the damaged areas several times a day.
- Dolobene ointment - has an anti-inflammatory effect on tissues. Extremely effective in removing puffiness. Therefore, it makes no sense to use it inin combination with other drugs against bruises.
- Ambulance ointment is one of the cheapest remedies for recovering from bruises. It turns out to be effective only in the presence of simple, superficial damage. The tool accelerates skin regeneration, prevents the development of infections and suppuration.
Massage
Regular massage procedures in the course of recovery from injuries can relieve bruising of the soft tissues of the legs and upper limbs. The timing when you can start moving on to massage is determined by the extent and depth of tissue damage. With fresh damage, it is worth performing only a light impact on the area around the damaged area. This allows you to significantly reduce the recovery time, quickly restore mobility to the limbs, reduce pain, and accelerate the resorption of the hematoma.
As the main massage technique, light strokes are first used in the bruised area. Perform them several times a day for 5-10 minutes. It is recommended to alternate such actions with rubbing the tissues around the impact zone and "squeezing" the tissues in the direction from the site of injury. As swelling decreases and pain subsides, these massage techniques are performed closer to the injured area.
In the absence of negative manifestations in the form of increasing pain, fever, other unpleasant consequences, from 5-6 massage sessions go directly to the impact on the epicenter of the bruise. In this case, they resort to rubbing and stroking the tissues, and then kneading the areas above the placeedema and hematoma formation. The intensity and strength of the impact on the tissues increase from session to session.
At first, massage is recommended to be alternated with cold compresses. After 2-3 days, they resort to its combination with thermal measures: applying hot paraffin to the damaged areas, heating the tissues with a stream of warm air, water baths.
Folk treatments
Bitter wormwood is an excellent remedy for traditional medicine in the treatment of bruises. How to remove a bruise with the help of such a tool and relieve swelling? To begin with, fresh grass is crushed in a mortar or ground in a meat grinder. Then the gruel is applied to the affected areas. At the same time, the drying of wormwood juice on the surface of the skin is not allowed. Therefore, the composition should be periodically updated or moistened with water.
Among traditional medicine for the treatment of bruises, ordinary garden onions have proven themselves well. Its pulp is ground into a pulp, after which it is applied to the injury site in the form of a compress. After some time, the volume of puffiness gradually decreases, normal blood circulation in the problem area is restored.
Arnica tincture is often used as a lotion for abrasions. To prepare the product, approximately 30-40 drops of herbal balm are diluted in a small amount of water. Compresses using tincture have an analgesic and soothing effect on the tissues.
As an anti-inflammatory agent, fresh plantain leaves are valuable. Lay them flatdirectly to the affected areas. The leaves of the plant can replace its juice, which is sold in pharmacies.
How to remove bruises from a bruised face?
Bruises on the face resulting from a bruise, it is advisable to treat methods that are somewhat different from tissue repair after an injury to the arm or thigh. Because of the thin, delicate skin, most home remedies will irritate the area, and some gels and ointments can cause severe burning sensations in the eyes.
To eliminate hematomas and remove bluish areas on the face, it is first of all recommended to treat the site of injury with drugs such as Levomekol, Salicylic Ointment, Bepanten. Swelling areas are lubricated with nonsteroidal drugs.
In closing
So we looked at the main methods of treating bruises. Which of them should be resorted to in a particular case depends on the nature and severity of the damage. Whatever remedy is used at the stage of recovery after an injury, it is worthwhile to first study its properties. When choosing a treatment method on your own, you must take into account possible complications. This applies primarily to drugs that are planned to be applied near the mucous membranes and on open wounds.
