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The symptoms and signs of these injuries may initially appear to be those of simple bruising. Abdominal bruising or severe injuries that cause difficulty in moving a limb or the feeling of liquid under the skin may indicate life-threatening injury and require the attention of a physician.
Long-term steroid use, on the other hand, causes thinning of the skin, making it more susceptible to bruising. That same logic applies to older folks’ tendency to bruise like a peach.
Coagulopathy can be caused by thinning of the skin (Cushing's syndrome), such that the skin is weakened and is bruised easily and frequently without any trauma or injury to the body. [2] Also, coagulopathy can be contributed by impaired wound healing or impaired clot formation.
Battle's sign consists of bruising over the mastoid process as a result of extravasation of blood along the path of the posterior auricular artery. [1] The sign is named after William Henry Battle. [2] Battle's sign takes at least one day to appear after the initial traumatic basilar skull fracture, similar to raccoon eyes. [3]
Then, you see it: a small but annoying bruise just... You take extra care to shave your legs in the shower before you put on your swingy new tent dress . Then, you see it: a small but annoying ...
Grey Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks, the part of the body between the last rib and the top of the hip.The bruising appears as a blue discoloration, [1] and is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage, or bleeding behind the peritoneum, which is a lining of the abdominal cavity.
Causes include: acute pancreatitis, where methemalbumin formed from digested blood tracks around the abdomen from the inflamed pancreas; bleeding from blunt abdominal trauma; bleeding from aortic rupture; bleeding from ruptured ectopic pregnancy; Importance of the sign is on a decline since better diagnostic modalities are now available.
Jay Leno will always show up for a good cause!. One week ago, the comedian, 74, fell down a steep hill in Pennsylvania, badly bruising his face and body and breaking his wrist. His injuries were ...