Bruising is caused by blood leaking into the surrounding tissues. And the blood can come from a lot of different places..It may be that a weak vein just gave way. Kind of like an anuerism, just not in your head. I would definitely have your medical professional of choice check it out. If it had been an artery you would have been in some serious trouble. Artery pressure is much much higher than the BP in veins. Arterial blood is being pumped from the heart to the body so it's under much more pressure. Veins return the blood to the heart. That's why folks get varicose veins, the little valves in the blood vessels of the legs get less effecient, and blood pools in the tiny veins, and the veins bulge out.
My aunt started developing varicose veins, so I did some research about them online, to see if I could find something to help reduce them. And I found all kinds of interesting stuff. I've hit my fingers on things and burst a vein before. And It does hurt. Not just the blow, but the burst vessel, it stings and aches for days, and the skin around it turns blue/black/purple. Annie On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:29 AM, MaryAnn Helland <[email protected]>wrote: > An odd thing happened to me this week. Tuesday night when I went to bed, > I felt a sharp pain in my left arm -- high on the inside about midway > between the shoulder and elbow. I ordinarily rest my head on the inside of > my arm to sleep, and this was painful enough to disallow that. On Wednesday > morning, I had a bruise along the artery there, running down to and > including the inside of the elbow -- and the top of my forearm was painful > to the touch. I *lased* (low-level-light laser) the place on my arm where > the original pain was (which was still painful to the touch). By Thursday, > the pain was pretty much gone, but the bruise had spread to generous > proportions -- almost all of the inside of my upper arm. Today the pain is > still gone and the bruise is beginning to lighten. But here's the puzzle -- > the whole thing was pretty much spontaneous. I don't remember doing > anything that could cause an injury -- much less something as painful as > that, or to cause that kind of bruising. I sensed that it was the artery > itself that was hurting. Is that possible? Can arteries (or veins) > *hurt*? Anybody have any idea what the heck that was all about? I'm not > one to run to the doctor quickly -- I'm inclined to wait a day or two and > see what develops. But I don't want to be stupid either. Of course, if it > happened again, I'd go see my doctor immediately. But I was hoping that > someone might have some insight. TIIA. > MA >
