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What Does A Dark Bruise On Upper Arm After An Injury Indicate?

My son fell against a school desk and hit his upper arm 5 days ago and had a big dark bruise. I ve just looked at it and it s not got any smaller but gone really bright red. My son said it is hurting quite a lot. I ve never seen a bruise that colour as they normally go bluey then yellow don t they? This is deep dark red. It s about 6cm x 7cm. He does not feel ill and no other symptoms in his arm. Should I be concerned?
posted on Thu, 27 Nov 2014
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Hello,

I can understand your concern for dark bruise on upper arm after an injury. Let me reassure you first that it is quite usual to get the darkness in bruised area after the injury. As it happened after a trauma, so it is quite natural and normal to have accumulation of blood over the site and then change the color.
For the time being you can apply over the counter calamine lotion 3-4 times a day and apply a cream containing Allantoin for earliest relief. You can give vitamin C tablets for early resolution of the wound inside. For the pain part you can give any pain killer round the clock basis.
I reassure you again that your son will be airtight soon so do not worry.

All the best
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What Does A Dark Bruise On Upper Arm After An Injury Indicate?

Hello, I can understand your concern for dark bruise on upper arm after an injury. Let me reassure you first that it is quite usual to get the darkness in bruised area after the injury. As it happened after a trauma, so it is quite natural and normal to have accumulation of blood over the site and then change the color. For the time being you can apply over the counter calamine lotion 3-4 times a day and apply a cream containing Allantoin for earliest relief. You can give vitamin C tablets for early resolution of the wound inside. For the pain part you can give any pain killer round the clock basis. I reassure you again that your son will be airtight soon so do not worry. All the best