Suggest Treatment For Pain And Bruising In Hip Area After A Fall

Posted on Fri, 16 Jan 2015

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Question : I fell from passing out, no drugs; dehydrated from vomiting. Smacked my back and side of head of floor, toilet. Hubby found me, put me in bed...woke up what I hear was over 2 hours later. Extremely sore and crying in pain. I feel I have a kidney bruise on right side whic is radiated to the front with several spotchy visible marks and my. Can't bend...been going on for almost 2 weeks....no sign of improvement....can yo help please. Have low income.u

Answered by Dr. Noble Zachariah (2 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Ecchymosis from the fall.

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Welcome to HCM and thanks for your query.
Following the fall , you developed bleeding into the skin - ecchymosis. This will take some time to get absorbed. A urine microscopy would reveal whether you had injury to the kidney.
Do not take any NSAID like ibuprofen as it would take the skin bleeding to disappear. You can take paracetamol or a pain killer which does not affect platelet function.
Take care,
Dr Noble Zachariah

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar