Due to the high permeability of the walls of blood vessels, during mechanical action, impact, and sometimes simply from strong pressure, capillaries burst and blood enters the surrounding tissues into the subcutaneous space. The location of the hemorrhage can be easily identified by a dark spot, which gradually becomes blue-purple and acquires the familiar color of a bruise.
As the bruise heals through resorption, the color changes to brownish-yellow and yellowish-green. In a person with weaker blood vessels, bruises appear frequently.
A bruise is not just a cosmetic defect, but a painful microtrauma.
A bruise on the face usually disappears within a week, on the body within two weeks, and on the leg it may not disappear for a whole month. The female body, due to thinner and more delicate skin and more permeable vascular walls, copes with this consequence of the blow longer.
How to quickly remove a black eye
It should be noted that the skin around the eyes is much thinner and more delicate than on other parts of the body. When receiving a blow to the eye area, the bruise fades within the first minutes. To stop the rapid spread of the hematoma, you must immediately apply something cold to the site of the bruise. An ice cube is ideal for this purpose.
If you don’t have ice on hand, take any frozen product from the freezer, wrap it in a napkin or thin towel to prevent frostbite on the delicate skin of the eyelids, and apply it to the eye for 15-20 minutes.
Cold relieves pain and prevents swelling around the eye. With a sharp decrease in temperature at the site of impact, the vessels narrow, blood flow decreases, which means the bruise will not appear completely. The visible lesion will be significantly smaller in size. These actions in the first seconds after the blow will significantly reduce the healing time of the bruise.
After which you can use effective folk remedies or pharmaceutical preparations for the bruise. After a day, you can try warming up, but the heat should be dry and comfortable to perceive, since the eyes cannot tolerate high temperatures.
What is Troxevasin used for?
Medicinal ointment and capsules are prescribed:
- for chronic venous insufficiency;
- lack of nutrition of soft tissues caused by varicose veins;
- with postphlebitic syndrome;
- trophic ulcers;
- for symptoms of hemorrhoids;
- with retinopathy against the background of hypertension and diabetes.
The drug is used to prevent complications after surgical treatment of varicose veins, to prevent further vascular damage in the initial stages of pathology. Troxevasin is also indicated to improve well-being after mechanical injuries: bruises or sprains.
The active substance from the capsules is absorbed in the intestines. Its maximum concentration in the blood is observed 1.5–2 hours after administration. Metabolized by the liver and completely leaves the body within 0.5–1 day. Troxerutin from the ointment penetrates all layers of the epidermis, dermis and subcutaneous tissue within 3–5 hours.
How to quickly remove a bruise after injections
After a course of intramuscular antibiotics, few people do not experience bruises on the buttock, and sometimes on two. Marks in the form of blue spots appear quickly and, in addition to their unaesthetic appearance, which makes it difficult to undress on the beach and in the pool, they cause considerable pain. You can quickly remove bruises from injections by applying an iodine mesh.
You should draw it daily until the blue marks from the injections completely disappear.
After a careless injection into a vein, bruises may also remain on the arms. An experienced healthcare worker, after installing an IV or taking blood from a vein, leaves only a small needle point at the injection site. But no one is immune from the work of a novice nurse; moreover, high blood pressure or increased fragility of the patient’s blood vessels can lead to bruising even in the hands of an experienced specialist. A number of drugs, when administered intravenously, can sometimes give this result.
In such cases, seeing a spreading burgundy-purple hematoma, the healthcare worker should quickly apply an alcohol-based warming compress to the injection site.
If you find a bruise upon returning home, make yourself a bandage with a medicinal solution of dimexide. Mix the drug with vodka in a 1:1 ratio, and then further dilute the composition with distilled water (1:4). First, lubricate the post-injection hematoma with baby cream to protect the skin from alcohol. Moisten a small gauze pad with the prepared solution with dimexide and apply it to the bruise. Cover the compress with clean polyethylene on top and secure everything with a bandage. Keep the bandage on for 7-8 hours.
The procedure must be carried out once a day until the bruise completely disappears. It will initially turn yellow and then return to its normal color. However, please note that you will need to consult a doctor if the following cases occur:
- in the area of the hematoma, the skin has an increased temperature;
- palpation reveals a painful lump at the injection site and increases in size;
- swelling of nearby tissues does not subside, but increases and causes concern.
These symptoms are very alarming and may indicate the development of a purulent abscess. Therefore, you cannot do without timely medical assistance; you will have to visit a doctor.
Similar medications
Troxevasin has its own analogues, which are not inferior to it in effectiveness. Similar drugs:
- Phlebodia 600 - the active component is diosmin; the effect of the medicine is similar, it is produced in the same forms;
- Detralex - contains diosmin and flavonoids; Sold as tablets and oral suspension; is not inferior in efficiency;
- Indovazin - contains indomethacin and troxerutin; Available in gel form;
- Lyoton - the drug belongs to the group of anticoagulants; produced only in the form of a gel; does not have a systematic form.
Homemade folk remedies for bruises
- Onions with salt. Onions are useful not only for food. But if necessary, simple compresses of onion and salt will help the bruises heal faster. Grind a medium-sized onion on a fine grater and add 1 tbsp to the mixture. rock salt. Place the mixture in a gauze bag and apply to the sore spot for half an hour to an hour. Repeat the procedure 3 times a day.
Prepare a fresh mixture for each compress. - Cabbage and plantain. To quickly get rid of bruises using folk remedies, you can use compresses made from fresh plantain and cabbage leaves - this option will help you out perfectly in the village or at the dacha in the summer. Rinse the leaves with water and beat them thoroughly with a kitchen hammer to release the juice, or knead them thoroughly with your hands. Apply them to the bruise as a compress.
- Beetroot with honey. Take a medium-sized red beetroot and grate it on a fine grater. Lightly squeeze the juice, mix the pulp with honey in a 1:1 ratio. Apply the mixture to the bruise in a thick layer. If the bruised area is on the leg or arm, cover the mass with a cabbage leaf, polyethylene on top and secure everything with a gauze bandage. After three days, the hematoma should resolve.
- Potato starch. Potato starch is a good helper in eliminating abrasions and bruises. Dilute a small amount of powder with water until a thick paste forms. Apply the mixture in a thick layer to the affected area of skin and leave for several hours.
- Salt compress. Table salt, not only in combination with onions, but also by itself will have a rapid resolving effect on the bruise. Dissolve 1 tablespoon of salt in 100 ml of water, soak a bandage or piece of cloth in the solution and apply to the bruise. Renew the compress as it dries several times a day (2-3 times).
- Apple cider vinegar with salt and iodine. Vinegar with salt and iodine allows you to remove even blue-black and brown-purple bruises in a short time. Prepare the composition: 2 tbsp. l. apple cider vinegar mixed with 1 tbsp. l. salt and 4 drops of iodine. Soak a clean piece of cotton fabric with the prepared mixture and apply it to the bruise several times a day for an hour and a half.
Form, composition
The drug Troxevasin contains troxerutin. It belongs to phlebotonics, venoprotectors.
For ease of use, 2 forms of the medication were created:
- Capsulated (300 mg) - a systemic drug that affects the entire body;
- Gel (2%) - applied topically;
- Troxevasin neo - gel contains not only troxerutin, but also sodium heparin and dexpanthenol.
It is advisable to use the systemic form simultaneously with the gel. This will increase the effectiveness of treatment.
Herbal compresses and lotions for bruises
Due to their healing properties, herbal mixtures have a beneficial effect and can quickly eliminate swelling and cure bruises on the skin after bruises.
Do not scratch the bruised area.
Lotions from coltsfoot and wild rosemary
Prepare a decoction of wild rosemary herb and coltsfoot leaves in a 1:1 ratio, for example one teaspoon each. To do this, pour the herb mixture with a glass of water and boil for 5 minutes. Let it brew, strain the mixture. Do homemade lotions every 2-3 hours.
Herbal compress for bruises
Prepare a mixture of dry herbs: 3 tbsp. St. John's wort, 2 tbsp. wormwood, 1 tbsp. hop cones and wild rosemary, chop everything. Brew 3 tbsp. Add half a liter of boiling water to this mixture in a thermos and let it brew for 3 hours. Soak a cotton cloth or bandage in the hot infusion, apply it to the bruise, and wrap it like a compress. Keep it until it cools down.
Artemisia grass
The herb wormwood is an excellent folk remedy for bruises. Grind fresh wormwood herb in a mortar until juice appears. Soak cotton swabs or gauze pads in the juice and apply to the sore area, wetting them again as they dry.
Mountain arnica
The use of alcohol tincture of mountain arnica will quickly relieve swelling and speed up the resorption of the bruise. The tincture is sold in a pharmacy; it must be diluted with chilled boiled water in a ratio of 1:3. Lotions from the resulting liquid should be made several times a day.
On other parts of the body, treated areas should be lubricated with a nourishing cream for dry skin.
However, this is only permissible if there are no wounds on the skin. In addition, you need to take into account that this product dries the skin quite strongly and it is better not to use it to resolve a bruise on the face.
Celandine, aloe and viburnum
Take 1 tsp. celandine herbs, 1 tbsp. aloe juice, 2 tsp. viburnum bark and dried linden leaves. Pour the mixture with a glass of boiling water and leave for half an hour. Soak a cotton cloth in the hot infusion and apply it to the hematoma. Form a compress - put polyethylene on the fabric, secure everything with a bandage. Keep the compress until it cools down.
Flax seeds
Flax seeds will help remove a bruise. Grind the flax seeds into a paste and place in a linen bag. Dip into boiling water and while it is hot apply to the sore spot. Keep the bag until it cools. Repeat several times.
It is necessary to carry out 3 procedures per day and so on for two days in a row.
When is Troxevasin contraindicated?
It is prohibited to take the drug orally:
- with exacerbations of ulcerative lesions of the gastrointestinal mucosa;
- some forms of gastritis;
- severe renal failure;
- increased sensitivity to the active or excipients of the drug.
The use of ointment should be avoided:
- if an allergic reaction to the drug develops: increased swelling, rash, severe burning or itching;
- with severe irritation, furunculosis, open skin lesions at the site of application of the product.
Effective pharmaceutical preparations for quickly getting rid of a bruise
Modern medicine recommends using pharmaceutical and cosmetic products to eliminate bruises. Among the most common means used are:
- Alcohol solution of iodine. This remedy has many advantages, and one of them is that it can be found in every home medicine cabinet, which is important, since running to the pharmacy with a bruise in a visible place is not entirely convenient. Apply an iodine mesh to the bruise, blood circulation will improve in this place, due to which the hematoma will resolve faster. Iodine also has a warming anti-inflammatory effect and accelerates the elimination of breakdown products. If you apply the mesh at night, by the morning there will be no trace left of it on the skin.
- Bodyagi powder. This product is inexpensively sold in any pharmacy and is a ground sea sponge. Bodyaga is considered the most effective remedy for quickly eliminating a bruise and helps remove even old bruises. Dilute the powder (2 tbsp) with a small amount of boiled water (1 tbsp) until a viscous mass is obtained, apply to the bruise and keep until completely dry. Then rinse with warm water. Repeat the mask twice a day. In the eye area, the product should be used very carefully so as not to provoke inflammation of the mucous membrane.
- Ointments and gels “Rescuer”, “SinyakOFF”, “SOS” have a rapid decongestant, absorbable effect on the affected areas of the skin and help heal hematomas. Heparin ointment allows you to quickly heal a bruise and relieve local inflammation at the site of the injury. For the fastest results, you need to apply these products every 2-3 hours.
Drug treatment
Traditional medicine has a wide range of methods and means that can help quickly get rid of bruises formed after incorrect injections. Here are the most common and effective:
- Local therapy. Involves the use of absorbable gels and creams
- The use of gels created to eliminate the consequences of varicose veins. They effectively constrict blood vessels and relieve inflammation
- Application of meshes. This is done using ordinary iodine. One of the simplest and most effective remedies that relieves swelling and removes bruises
- Lotions. To perform them, dimexide or magnesium sulfate pre-dissolved in hot water is used. A bandage or cotton wool is moistened in the solution and applied to the injection site
Recovery time after hemorrhagic stroke
The rehabilitation performed after such a brain injury consists of several stages:
- early period, lasting about six months after the attack;
- later recovery, lasting from six months to 1 year;
- the stage of final recovery, which in its duration occupies the entire subsequent time.
A year after the attack, residual effects begin. The best results during rehabilitation can be obtained in the first year; for this reason, recovery should not be delayed.
Effective results are obtained by strictly observing the following important principles:
- taking action at an early stage of ongoing treatment in a hospital;
- daily implementation by the patient of appropriate recommendations without any delays;
- prescribing special physical activity with appropriate intensity and gradual complication of exercises.
In addition, it is very important to take comprehensive measures: prescribing physiotherapy, drug treatment and the necessary correction of the patient’s psychological state. During this period, a recovering person must protect himself from unnecessary stressful situations, and also be surrounded by the care and love of family and friends.
Rehabilitation objectives
The main objectives of the ongoing rehabilitation are:
- Work on restoring lost everyday and physiological functions of a person suffering from a stroke. Restoring full range of motion, the ability to independently care for oneself and perform simple household chores.
- Restoration of lost professional ability to work with a return to the previous place of activity or assistance in retraining.
- Maintaining the necessary social activity of a person, first of all, restoring his contact with loved ones and the ability to make new acquaintances;
It is very important to prevent a possible relapse and correct the patient’s current lifestyle.
