Suggest medication for swelling & bruise on arm due to an injury
Patient: Hi. I had a chair thrown into me last night to my arm and it is now swollen, brushed & grazed. I have cleaned the graze with tap water and coated it in Germolene, it stops hurting when that is applied but without it, it starts to hurt. What is the best way to treat it? Thankyou. Doctor: Hi..Welcome to HEALTHCARE MAGIC..I have gone through your query and can understand your concerns..As per your complain it seems that due to sudden blow here has been injury to the soft tissues of the arm along with laceration of the skin..Swelling is due to inflamed soft tissues along with accumulation of inflammatory fluid while bruising occurs due to rupture of superficial blood vessels due to trauma leading to accumulation of blood in soft tissues causing bruising and hematoma formation..I would suggest you to clean the lacerated area with antiseptic solution and apply a combination of antibiotic and steroid ointment over it..Do cool compresses over the swelling..You can take anti inflammatory painkiller like Aleve or Motrin..You can also apply Heparin gel over the bruise to fade the bruising faster..In case if you got the laceration that was contaminated with dust or dirt you should get a Tetanus Toxoid injection..Hope this information helps..Thanks and regards.Dr.Honey Nandwani Arora.