Island Drug Podcast

You bang your shin on the coffee table, fall off your bike, or bump into a wall and wake up with a wallop of a bruise. What exactly is a bruise and what can you do about it? A bruise (medical term: contusion) is caused when tiny blood vessels are damaged or broken as a result of a blow to the skin. The raised area of a bump or bruise results from blood leaking from the injured vessels into the tissue, as well as the body’s response to the injury. Please click here to download the accompanying text; http://islanddrug.com/podcasts/BumpsAndBruises.pdf