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Head injuriesare damage to the scalp, skull, orbraincaused by trauma. When it affects the brain, they’re called a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. To most people,head injuriesare considered an acceptable risk when engaging in sports and other types of recreational activities. But they’re da...
Apply ice to decrease swelling and pain. Ice may also help prevent tissue damage. Use an ice pack, or put crushed ice in a plastic bag. Cover the bag with a towel and place it on your bruise for 15 to 20 minutes every hour or as directed. Elevate your head to help decrease pain ...
Anyone at higher risk should follow doctor’s directions for treating small contusions; the use of ice is definitely recommended, and any injuries to the head need to be treated as potentially life threatening. Other types of contusion can occur in people with or without special conditions. A ...
The contusion index: a quantitative approach to cerebral contusions in head injury. Neuropathol Appl Neurobiol 1980;6:319-324.Adams, JH, Scott, G, Parker, LS, Graham, DI, Doyle, D (1980) The contusion index: a quantitative approach to cerebral contu...
c. 1400, "act of beating or bruising; a bruise, an injury to the body without apparent wound or fracture," from Latincontusionem(nominativecontusio) "a crushing, breaking, battering," in medical language, "a bruise," noun of action from past-participle stem ofcontundere"to beat, bruise...
How to create a gross-looking bruise for Halloween. Her long dress covered a huge bruise on her knee The driver hit his head on the windscreen and ended up with a terrible bruise. She's got bruise I was scratched and bruised all over ...
The bruise is below your eyes or your ears after a head injury How is a bruise diagnosed? A bruise is diagnosed by physical exam and may require an X-ray or other advanced testing. What is the treatment for bruising? There are a couple of things you can do to prevent or minimize brui...
A gluteus maximus contusion is a bruise of the muscle. A contusion can occur with direct trauma to the buttock such as falling directly onto an object, being struck with an object, or after a motor vehicle accident. A gluteus maximus contusion is a bruise caused by direct trauma to the bu...
aThe insults ranged from fractured feet, dislocated shoulders and ruptured Achilles tendons to less traumatic but more prevalent ankle sprains and head contusions. 侮辱从破碎的脚、被脱臼的肩膀和被爆裂的跟腱范围到较不创伤,但更加流行的脚腕扭伤和顶头挫伤。[translate]...