10 Broken Elbow Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #8: Bruising
There are blood vessels in the elbow area. After all, blood does need to be transported to the end of the arms and back again. These blood vessels can also be damaged in the case of an injury, and this can cause blood to leak out. Quite often, the leaks will be internal, causing the leaked blood to accumulate within the body.
These leaks do not usually last for long as the body moves swiftly to repair them. The leaked blood will collect just beneath the surface of the skin and this blood will often be visible from the surface. This is what we know as bruising, and it will clear up completely as the injury heals.
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