Bruise

As a bruise or contusion (Latin contusion ) is the damage to organs or body parts through direct, blunt force called from the outside, which need not be accompanied by visible injury to the skin.

It comes to a circumscribed edema of the tissue and blood leakage from damaged capillaries into the surrounding tissue, which may be visible as a bruise.

Similar processes take place in a pinch, a pressing together of body tissues, which can be a contusion or compression also that, in contrast, also referred to operations without immediate damage and without application of force from outside the body.

Easy bruising can be treated by cooling envelopes or gels. Severe contusions of organs can affect their functions temporarily or permanently. Ribs bruises are usually more painful than broken ribs. Until the pain relief often takes several weeks.