(Correspondent Zhou Shan Jinjing) Seeing the doctor draining nearly 60ml of jelly-like blood clots from her left leg, 57-year-old Ms. Xu regretted that after an accidental fall while riding a bicycle eight days ago, her left leg became swollen due to excessive exercise and lack o

(Correspondent Zhou Shan Jinjing) Watching the doctor drain nearly 60ml of jelly-like blood clots from her left leg, 57-year-old Ms. Xu regretted that her left leg became swollen due to excessive exercise and lack of timely treatment after an accidental fall while riding a bicycle eight days ago. , causing the small bump in the injured area to grow to 6 centimeters as big as a fist, and had to be removed surgically.

"At that time, it was just a scratch on the left knee and it was slightly swollen!" Ms. Xu thought the injury was not serious, so she insisted on riding for half an hour to a relative's house and spent the afternoon shopping in the mall. As a result, the swelling in her left calf increased significantly during the night. In order to reduce the swelling, she specially applied plaster and even applied ice to relieve it. Unexpectedly, a week later, the entire skin of her left calf to the foot became bruised and swollen. She was unbearable. , Ms. Xu came to the emergency surgery department of the nearby Yangtze River Shipping General Hospital and Wuhan Brain Hospital to seek treatment.

After careful physical examination and comprehensive examination, the attending physician Tan Minglei discovered that the mass in the patient's left lower limb had formed a hematoma. He said that because the soft tissue covering the proximal tibia of the lower limbs is mainly composed of skin and subcutaneous fascia, which is relatively thin and slender, once it suffers trauma, it is more likely to cause internal damage and bleeding to subcutaneous arterioles. Therefore, if you accidentally encounter an accident and there is obvious swelling in the affected area, the effective way to deal with it is to apply pressure and bandage in a timely manner and lift the limb and apply strict braking to stop bleeding, reduce swelling and promote recovery. However, the patient, Ms. Xu, did not handle it promptly and correctly. Instead, she rode hard for a long time and walked violently, which aggravated the bleeding, causing the hematoma to gradually penetrate into the calf skin through the calf fascia, causing bruises and swelling of the skin.

In order to prevent the condition from getting worse, when routine aspiration of the hematoma failed, Tan Minglei suggested that Ms. Xu immediately undergo hematoma removal and drainage surgery under local anesthesia. In just ten minutes, day surgery successfully removed nearly 60 ml of asphalt-like jelly-like old blood clots, supplemented by pressure bandaging. Due to the long delay and large swelling area, Ms. Xu still needed to strictly follow the doctor's instructions and change dressings for 2 weeks to fully recover.

Accidental injuries are difficult to prevent. Tan Minglei reminded that if you accidentally fall and fall, if there is no traumatic wound, you can use ice or cold water towels to apply cold compress to the injured area within 24 hours, and use gauze to compress the injured area to stop bleeding. After 72 hours, you can apply hot compress with a hot towel to promote the absorption and dissipation of hematoma and speed up recovery. If after a week, the hematoma still cannot be effectively absorbed or the absorption is not obvious, you must go to the hospital for examination by the corresponding specialist in time to rule out the possibility of trauma, fracture, etc.