Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks This Is the first of ot two articles by Dr Fishbein in which he discusses dis cusses the serious results that might ight develop from front skin bruises By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN Most of the blows you happen to get on your our bod body may merely leave black marks or even even none at all and ar are easH easily forgotten But there are occasional bruises that require more than merely passing pass pass- ing jag attention for under the blac k and arid blue mark on the skin may be some serious complication affecting a amore amore more snore tender part of the bod body Any injury to the surface of ot the body caused by a blunt object that thal does not riot break the skin usually re results re- re suits in a bruise If It there is breaking breaking break break- ing of ot the skin and bleeding outside the surface of ot the bod body the condition condition condi condi- tion is usually called a laceration You should be well acquainted with most causes of bruises bruises They result from actual blows with blunt objects such as clubs or rubber hose or whips They ma may result from bumping into corners of chairs ot 01 tables or from falls or you OU may get them when struck by falling failing objects a a It Is important that you ou make certain thin bin that a bruise you OU get is merely a surface injury and that it has not involved seriously any o of the internal inter inter- nal nat organs such as brain liver spleen bladder or similar organs Instances are arc known in which the bladder filled with fluid nuU has ruptured ruptured rup rup- following a blow which seemed to cause only a bruise of the surface In many instances the skull itself itsel does not car appear to be broken by an injury which sever severely ly bruises the scalp yet there may be a severe concussion concussion con con- concussion of the brain causing loss of memory for a while and even Unconsciousness unconsciousness un Un- consciousness and deterioration Cases are also on record of slight ruptures of oC the liver f following a bruise which seemed merely to injure injure in in injure jure the surface of the body A gradual gradual grad grad- ual bleeding from the broken part of the liver eventually resulted in so 0 much loss of ot blood that the victim became unc unconscious and died reason i if ever you sustain a severe blow on the surface of oC the body you should make reasonably certain that the damage does docs not go O below the surface before undertaking undertaking undertaking ing any strenuous physical activity Next What to do for lor bruises |