How Should I Prevent Bruising Altogether?
February 8, 2010 by Jan Doan
Filed under Your Health
A common question or consideration that you might hear from people is \’what can i do to prevent bruising altogether\’? a lot of people bruise excessively and this can create a lot of ugly blemishes all over their skin. Bruises are certainly not life threatening, but they certainly are unattractive and people would rather no have them. There are a lot of things that can be done in order to prevent bruises altogether, and there are also a lot of ways you can treat them when you do get them.
The first thing to do is to make sure that you cover all of the areas where you frequently bruise with protective clothing.its important to wear longer items of clothing such as long sleeves if you bruise on your arms. Consult your doctor as to what sorts of clothes you could wear that will be most effective but not affect your clothing style too much. You should also ensure that you take protective measures by avoiding activities where you do suffer from bruising on a regular basis. Unless you participate in some sort of sport that causes you to bruise and that you do not want to give up, you should generally look to avoid situations where you might bruise in your everyday life.
Something else that can cause you to bruise easily is a lack of vitamin K. If you do not get enough of this vitamin, the blood can fail to clot properly. If you are prone to bruising then you should ensure that you take in more green vegetables which are high in the vitamin. Things like broccoli and cabbage are great options to incorporate into your diet.
Bruising can also be as a result of a lack of vitamin C. You should therefore make sure that you get as much of this into your diet as you can by eating lots of different fruits and drinking lots of fruit juice. A multivitamin supplement is a great way of making sure that you get your entire daily quota of vitamins in one go.
In you find that you have got a bruise from whatever reason, you should look to take steps in order to clear it up as soon as possible. One way of doing this is by using arnica cream and rubbing it into the bruise several times each day.
Another good treatment is hydrotherapy. You should get hold of two towels and soak one of them in warm water and the other in cold. Then place the warm towel on the bruise for three minutes followed by the cold one for half a minute. Repeat this process four or five times daily to help the bruise to clear more quickly.
Last of all, you can use a bit of aromatherapy. Get together the necessary oils and rub them lightly into the skin. Then wrap a bandage over the area nice and loosely.
These are the sorts of things that you can do to both prevent and treat bruises.
In many cases their are many that bruise easy compared to others and to get help to prevent bruising from happening could be done through bruise treatment.









