10 Broken Ankle Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #5: Bruising
When we get injuries, we often get blood. The body does a pretty good job of stemming the flow of blood quickly, depending on the extent of the injury. Regardless, there will still be a period of time where blood is escaping from the blood vessels. This can be in the form of external or internal bleeding.
Internal bleeding can cause the blood to accumulate beneath the skin. This causes dark patches in what we know as bruising. If you break your ankle then there is a good chance you will have broken blood vessels also, meaning bruising is likely. Once the bleeding stops, the body will set about slowly removing the blood and the bruise will gradually fade.
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