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Should I Be Worried About Child's Black Bruise After Fall?

my son fell over on the playground and ended up hurting both elbows 2-3 weeks ago the left elbow has healed up but the right elbow has a scab the size of a 5p , i am concerened with the colour of it , it is jet black and does not appear to be healing it is also very hard you also can see a white circle around the scab
. should i be worried.
posted on Sat, 21 Dec 2013
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This is normal healing process. Do not let your child to pick the scab as this can lead to infection and delay healing. If you think it is infected you can apply some anti bacterial cream like Fusidin or Bactroban
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Should I Be Worried About Child's Black Bruise After Fall?

This is normal healing process. Do not let your child to pick the scab as this can lead to infection and delay healing. If you think it is infected you can apply some anti bacterial cream like Fusidin or Bactroban