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Fell On Wood Floor And Hurt Lip. Lip Turned Dark Color And Swollen. Suggest

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Posted on Sun, 9 Jun 2013
Question: my 6 year old feel on hard wood floor and hit his lip. busted it pretty good. now the whole lip is swollen and turned a dark color. got the bleeding stopped but just concerned
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Answered by Dr. Anshumala Singh (27 minutes later)
Dear friend
Thanks for sharing your concern.

The dark color is just due to collection of deoxygenated blood (hematoma).
Do not worry, slowly it will resolve.
You can apply ice locally, this will help in faster healing.

Let me know if you have any further doubt.

Thank you
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Fell On Wood Floor And Hurt Lip. Lip Turned Dark Color And Swollen. Suggest

Dear friend
Thanks for sharing your concern.

The dark color is just due to collection of deoxygenated blood (hematoma).
Do not worry, slowly it will resolve.
You can apply ice locally, this will help in faster healing.

Let me know if you have any further doubt.

Thank you