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Help please? what is the best way to treat a bruised vein on the bottom of your foot?

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Dr. John Landi answered

Specializes in Phlebology

Heat and ibuprofen: A bruise over a vein is usually due to bleeding from the vein into the surrounding skin and subcutaneous tissue resulting in what is called a hematoma. This hematoma is trapped blood beneath the skin and is best treated with heat and ibuprofen. It usually resolves over about 10 days.

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Answered 3/10/2017

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