10 Torn ACL Symptoms
Reviewed: Dr. Gromatzky
Symptom #4: Bruising
When you tear your ACL, it is likely that you would have also damaged surrounding tissues and blood vessels. Damaged blood vessels can lead to blood escaping from them. When this happens internally, it causes blood to be trapped in the body.
When blood is trapped just beneath the surface of the skin, we are often able to see it as a darker patch. This is what we know as bruising, which will often be blue/purple/black in color. Once the internal bleeding has stopped, the body will eventually begin to move the blood away from the site, causing the bruise to fade.
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