Bruises to your bone don’t always leave a visible black-and-blue mark like you see with a bruise to your skin. Still, bruises that happen to your muscle and bone are very similar, because they involve damage to the small blood vessels in the area of the injury. Your blood leaks into...
Avulsion fractures usually happen near a joint. At that point, your bones connect to each other with tough bands of tissue called ligaments and connect to muscles with other tissue bands called tendons. They're more common in joints with a lot of overlapping connection points, such as your kn...
Complications, including graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), of bone marrow (stem cell) transplant that uses donor stem cells (allogeneic). These complications can be serious and can lead to death. These complications may happen if you underwent transplantation either before or after being treated wi...
When you care for a dog, you want them to be happy and healthy, and you always do your best to keep them as safe as possible. Still, accidents happen. Understanding common dog broken leg symptoms can give you an indication of what type of injury is present. Knowing the symptoms of a ...
Ankle injuries have common symptoms such as pain, swelling and bruising. But there are also differences in symptoms for sprains and fractures because they affect different parts of your body. So, what does a broken ankle look like? What does an ankle sprain feel like? The following can be ...
Who is at risk of a UTI? Urinary tract infections(UTIs) can affect any person regardless of age, gender and ethnicity. They are, however, more common in females because they have shorter urethras, which are also closer to the rectum. This allows the bacteria to enter the urinary tract of...
Let go of the skin fold. If you bleed a little, apply pressure over the shot area with your finger, a cotton ball, or a piece of gauze. To help avoid bruising, do not rub the area. How do you inject Heparin into the thigh?
These drugs should always be used in the lowest effective potency for the shortest amount of time to avoidside effects. If used inappropriately, you may be at a higher risk for side effects, including skin atrophy, easy bruising, stretch marks, and spider veins (telangiectasia).4 ...
While most patients only suffer bruising and swelling after liposuction, which thankfullyusually heal over time, there is always the risk of more serious side effects occurring — including those that are mentally and physically painful. Anyone undergoing anesthesia during surgery is at risk of heart...
Well, I think they were just mature about things. When the previous government had up until 2016 started to make very real progress on reducing the debt and had frankly fought a lot of very bruising political battles and perhaps not unsurprisingly lost the election, the new government realised...