We are all familiar with bruises or "contusions" which form from time to time on our skin. The bluish-gray color is caused by an accumulation of blood in the damaged tissue.

Most often bruises are caused by an impact to the body, and they usually dissipate within several days.

See Also

  1. Skin Disorders: Overview
  2. Airbags
  3. All Terrain Vehicles (ATVs)
  4. Automatic Doors: Overview
  5. Baby Cribs, Car Seats & Carriers
  6. Boats, Personal Watercraft & Jet Skis
  7. Brakes
  8. Car Roof Integrity
  9. Coumadin / Warfarin: Overview
  10. Crane Accidents
  11. Daycare Abuse: Overview
  12. Dangerous Decorations: Overview
  13. Dilantin / Phenytoin Sodium
  14. Dog Bite
  15. Electronic Muscle Stimulators
  16. Evenflo Discovery Infant Car Seats
  17. Fitness Center Liability: Overview
  18. Front-to-Rear Collision
  19. Front-to-Side Collision
  20. Gen-3 Seat Belts
  21. Graco Children's Products Car Seats
  22. Head-On Collision With Another Vehicle
  23. Head-On With Object
  24. Highland Park Care Center
  25. Inmate Abuse: Overview
  26. Kindred Healthcare
  27. Logging Accidents
  28. Lovenox / Enoxaparin Sodium
  29. Miconazole: Overview
  30. Motorcycles
  31. Nursing Home & Elder Abuse
  32. Paint Guns
  33. Parasailing: Overview
  34. Plastic Surgery: Overview
  35. Playground Accidents: Overview
  36. Police Misconduct: Overview
  37. Pool Accidents
  38. Rear End Collision: Overview
  39. Ridaura / Auranofin: Overview
  40. Road Design & Maintenance
  41. Rollover
  42. Scaffolding Accidents
  43. Scooters: Overview
  44. Seat Belts
  45. Second Chance Body Armor Bulletproof Vests
  46. Side Impact Collision
  47. Ski Resort Liability: Overview
  48. Snowboards: Overview
  49. Snowmobiles: Overview
  50. Swimming Pool Drains
  51. Dangerous Folding Tables: Overview
  52. Tractor-Trailer Accidents
  53. Treadmill: Overview
  54. US Navy South Carolina Bus Crash
  55. Vehicle Design / Crashworthiness
  56. Violent Children & Teenagers: Overview
  57. Water Balloon Slingshots
  58. Water Parks & Slides: Overview
  59. Workplace Violence
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