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Bruises

Bruises . Barbara Castillo . What is a bruise? . A bruise is a common skin injury that results in a discoloration of the skin.

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Bruises

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  1. Bruises Barbara Castillo

  2. What is a bruise? • A bruise is a commonskin injury that results in a discoloration of the skin. • This occurs when a part of the body is hurt and the muscle fibers and connective tissue underneath are crushed but the skin doesn't break. Basically, blood from the ruptured capillaries at the skin's surface pop right under the skin; the blood gets trapped, forming a red or purplish mark that hurts when touched.

  3. Causes • The causes of bruising can be on the general spectrum of any rough trauma to the skin. • Examples: Exercise, trauma to any surface of skin, flipping in a go-cart, horse playing, jumping of a moving car, car accident, getting slapped on the face by an ex. girlfriend or boyfriend, falling, tripping, falling while pregnancy, high school fights, bumping into a chair, desk or side of bed.

  4. How long can a bruise last? • Bruises go through many colors of the rainbow before it disappears. You can look at a bruise and tell its age by the color stage. • When you first get a bruise, it's kind of reddish as the blood appears under the skin. • Within 1 or 2 days, the hemoglobin in the blood changes and your bruise turns bluish-purple or even blackish. • After 5 to 10 days, the bruise turns greenish or yellowish. • Then, after 10 or 14 days, it turns yellowish-brown or light brown.

  5. Sings, Symptoms, Treatment and Prevention • Skin discoloration is a mayor sing of a bruise • Pain and discomfort while pressing the area where the discoloration has appeared is a mayor symptom of bruising. • Prevention to bruising: Be aware of environment hazards and be careful around the hazards. • There is NO cure for bruises. • For a Treatment, simply leave the area alone because the skin will repair itself.

  6. Age • As skin ages it is most common to bruise. • Example: old people such as grandparents or 5o and under. • Aging capillaries and thinning skin

  7. Pictures • http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=stage+of+bruises&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1090718l1096260l0l1096453l18l15l1l2l2l0l132l1192l14.1l18l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1123&bih=638&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=mJw5T67YO4X6http:// • www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=stage+of+bruises&gs_sm=3&gs_upl=1090718l1096260l0l1096453l18l15l1l2l2l0l132l1192l14.1l18l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.,cf.osb&biw=1123&bih=638&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=mJw5T67YO4X6tger1Zi-Ag#tger1Zi-Ag#

  8. Work cited • Staff, Mayo Clinic. "Easy Bruising: Common as You Age - MayoClinic.com." Mayo Clinic. Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/easy-bruising/HQ00355>. • "Bruises: Information on This Common Condition (Damaging of Blood Vessels as a Result of a Blow to the Skin) on MedicineNet.com." Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.medicinenet.com/bruises/article.htm>. • "Bruises: Information on This Common Condition (Damaging of Blood Vessels as a Result of a Blow to the Skin) on MedicineNet.com." Web. 13 Feb. 2012. <http://www.medicinenet.com/bruises/article.htm>.

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