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Why Is There A Hard Knot With Bruising Still Remaining?
I was bit by a jack russel 8 weeks ago on Sat. I recieved 4 deep puncture wounds on the lower part of my inner thigh. I went to the hospital and got a tetnus shot and antibiotics. They also washed it out with benidine. The swelling and brusing went all the way up my leg. There was also a very large hard knot about the size of a baseball. The dog did not have its rabies shot, but it was quarentiened for 10 days and did not show any sign of rabies. Now I am left with a hard knot about the size of a quarter. There is still some dark bruises where the puncture wounds were. They are a little smaller than the size of a dime. Why is there still bruising and this hard knot?
Hi The bruising generally takes time to resolve appr 2-3 weeks. Since you got the shot of antibiotics and there no problem of rabies so i think you need not worry and with time these things will resolve. Only some people have Hypertrophic scar at bite area and latter resolves with topical steroids. TC
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Why Is There A Hard Knot With Bruising Still Remaining?
Hi The bruising generally takes time to resolve appr 2-3 weeks. Since you got the shot of antibiotics and there no problem of rabies so i think you need not worry and with time these things will resolve. Only some people have Hypertrophic scar at bite area and latter resolves with topical steroids. TC