Bruise is a kind of skin injury that almost everyone would have experienced at some point in their life. It causes discoloration of skin and to some extent damages the blood cells. Blood leaked out from the blood vessel collects below the skin layer causing blackened skin or blue coloration of the skin. Bruise can occur commonly when people bump into something accidentally. Sports persons are at high risk of developing bruises.
Bruise occurs sometimes due to unexplained reason also. It may occur on your things or other places when object gets bumped into the body. In some cases bruises happen due to bleeding disorder showing symptoms of frequent bleeding of gums and even nosebleeds. People tend to forget the injury in due course and the bruise remains in the skin causing discoloration. There is no medical treatment for bruise except using pain relievers for time being. Bruise can cause symptoms like reddening of the skin which turns into bluish black color or dark purple color or greenish yellow color after healing. Bruised area can be tender to touch and cause pain for few days. It takes anywhere from 8-15 days for healing of bruise.
Plenty of home remedies are available for reducing the pain caused by bruise and for speeding up the process of healing.
1. Ice Cubes
Take some pieces of ice cubes in a soft towel and apply it on the affected area. This should be done immediately after getting a bruise since ice-packs are effective in controlling blood leakage. Athletes would often have them ready in the form of flexible ice packs with specially designed manner for treating injury or bruise. You can leave the ice pack for 10 minutes on the bruised skin and repeat this remedy again after a while.
In case if you don’t have the ice-cubes with you, you can use cold water remedy. Keep a cloth soaked in cold water on the affected area for few minutes. If nothing is available you can use a pack of frozen vegetables that gives the necessary chillness. By repeating this simple home remedy you can prevent discoloration of the skin since you are preventing blood leak.
2. Elastic Bandage
After having a bruise promptly wrap an elastic bandage over the bruised part. By tightening the area below the bruised part you are indirectly preventing more blood leakage. It would reduce the pain and prevent discoloration of the skin.