Bruise Healing

[zoom-zoom]

Well, that's good to know. Is that new research?

Four years ago I read that on several "reputable" but consumer-oriented sites like WebMD or MedlinePlus (don't remember specifically), and in fact just the other day my PT read me the riot act about not having had the one in my hip treated. I've got a dent half the size of my fist that I don't suppose will ever go away.

I'm still not finding evidence on WebMD of hematomas causing clots. Clots can cause hematomas, but I'm not seeing evidence of the reverse, aside from bruising on the brain or placenta.

[OakLeaf]

Yeah, like I said, it was a while back, and I'm not finding anything one way or the other now. I did run across a report that I'd forgotten, that Serena Williams developed a hematoma that required emergency treatment as the result of her treatment for embolism. But it didn't say why her hematoma needed emergency treatment.

[zoom-zoom]

Yeah, like I said, it was a while back, and I'm not finding anything one way or the other now. I did run across a report that I'd forgotten, that Serena Williams developed a hematoma that required emergency treatment as the result of her treatment for embolism. But it didn't say why her hematoma needed emergency treatment.

The hematoma she had was caused by a clot, not the other way around, AFAIK. I have a friend who had something like this in her arm (the scary thing is that I have had THREE exceptionally fit female friends in their 30s and 40s diagnosed with clots just in the past 6 months--one in her arm, one in her leg, one in her head).

[OakLeaf]

I'm not arguing with you, really!

I just can't find anything authoritative one way or the other. I don't know whether Serena Williams would've had to get her hematoma treated if she hadn't had the clot before, or anything about why she had to get it treated. I don't know whether my PT actually knows something about it, or whether her opinion just seems to carry more weight with me because she's a health care professional.

If the consensus is that it's safe for Aggie to treat her injuries conservatively at home, good! and I hope it's healing fast.