By Adam Berls

to your health

To Your Health: Falls and Bruises

Feb 22, 2023 | 11:15 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — With the freeze/thaw winter weather Prince George has been experiencing, there has been lots of ice out on the roads and sidewalks, meaning slips and falls are more common than not, leading to pain and nasty bruises, we learn more in this week’s to your health.

Falls on the ice are common place during this time of year as ice is everywhere especially during a freeze/thaw cycle, and it becomes more dangerous when a fresh layer of snow has covered a layer of ice. Should you end up receiving a bruise after a fall, Third Avenue Pharmacy has some ways to help treat it.

While bruising may not be an irregularity, keeping a watch over it is important to make sure that it does not get worse. Check with a pharmacist to make sure that if you decide to take pain medication, that it may not interfere with any other medications you may be taking.

However, if you are out on the ice and slip and fall and your head comes into contact with the ground, it is always important to get checked over, whether it be by a pharmacist or by a doctor.

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Bruising forms when blood vessels under the skin break and this trapped blood creates a bruise that’a black, purple or blue then changes colour as it heals. Using products like Voltaren or Polysporin will not help unless there is inflammation or infection.