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How To Treat A Back Bruise Caused By A Fall?

my girls friend has a bruise on her back after she fell off of a manically bull that stared off as a small light bruise on her lower back, and now four days later it's a big reddish bruise that its taking up most of her back, her age is 23 and she is 5feet 4 inches
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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The bruise completely goes in 2 weeks lime. It has a set pattern of change in colour as the days pass. we remember these colour change by pnuemonic VIBGYOR. No meed to worry just apply some ointment like mupirocin( T-bact) it will be fine.
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How To Treat A Back Bruise Caused By A Fall?

The bruise completely goes in 2 weeks lime. It has a set pattern of change in colour as the days pass. we remember these colour change by pnuemonic VIBGYOR. No meed to worry just apply some ointment like mupirocin( T-bact) it will be fine.