The bruises are skin lesions caused mostly due to a shock (trauma). It is observed that when the blood vessels that lie under the skin are subjected to shock the blood begins to spread in tissues (bleeding).
The bruises are characterized by a bluish-red color-black under the skin. We distinguish bruises bruises, they are more superficial and the blood bag is smaller.
Most bruises occur following a severe impact and / or brutal as a blow (after a fight), sports (eg football.) Or an accident (falling objects, impact by car ,…) .
In some cases bruising may be caused by an overdose of anticoagulants (eg vitamin K antagonist.) Or be the result of disease of blood clotting.
In general there is a pain in the place of shock and swelling, there is a particular color of the typical wound hematomas.
