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How To Cure Painful Knots On The Tricep And Inner Arm?
I was flipped onto the asphalt by an ambulance crew, and my left arm impacted the ground from 5 feet into the air. I was xrayed, no broken bones, but a month later, I have large knots in on the tricep and inner arm. They appear to be fluid related, disappearing with ultrasound and reappearing a few hours later. They are not at the point of impact but farther down the arm. The arm is VERY painful and any resistance causes more of these lumps to appear. What do you think has happened?
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Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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Hello,
The large knots are due to presence of fluid draining from healed soft tissues.There was probably also some collection of blood at upper arm from which there is small sepage of serum after complete healing of soft tissues.Most probably there is nothing to worry.This all will go away gradually.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari
The large knots are due to presence of fluid draining from healed soft tissues.There was probably also some collection of blood at upper arm from which there is small sepage of serum after complete healing of soft tissues.Most probably there is nothing to worry.This all will go away gradually.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr. Mukesh Tiwari
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