Bruises...blood flowing..what do i do

[email hidden] (Greg) wrote in message news:<[email hidden]>...

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Hey about a week ago now i had a little run in with
someone while playing football and right after that my
shin started to form a really big lump. about a day after
that a really big bruise started to form. It now has some
yellow spots in it and some pink to. But the thing i am
worried about is in the past few days right below my ankle
another bruise is forming. I think it might be the blood
rining down from my bruise on my shin. every day this
bruise gets to be bigger. I was just wondering what I
should do about it now since its about 7-9 days after it
happened. Never had bruises in anyof my boyscout first aid
courses.

Thanks

Hello Greg, Has anyone mentioned you may need to have your
platelets checked? You may have low bloodplatelets. Go get
a CBC. Some symptoms are bleeding within the skin,
bruises. Your body may have a hard time clotting. Hope
this helps. I once had ITP(bleeding disorder) and am now
in remission. Nicole

(Greg) said:

Hey about a week ago now i had a little run in with
someone while playing football and right after that my
shin started to form a really big lump.

That's called a hematoma. Pretty common after a good whack.

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about a day after that a really big bruise started to
form. It now has some yellow spots in it and some pink to.

Sounds like it's getting better. Bruises and hematomas
change color as they are reabsorbed by your body. Haven't
you ever had a bruise before?

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But the thing i am worried about is in the past few days
right below my ankle another bruise is forming. I think it
might be the blood rining down from my bruise on my shin.

Exactly. It's caused by gravity, as the blood from the
hematoma slowly dissects downward between the layers of
tissue. This is also normal.

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I was just wondering what I should do about it now since
its about 7-9 days after it happened.

Probably nothing. It will take quite a while (weeks) for the
entire hematoma to be reabsorbed, depending on how large it
is. As long as the hematoma itself isn't getting larger,
there's probably nothing wrong. If you're concerned, you
should see a doctor.