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I have been hit by a football in the calf. straight after i got hit it looked like a vein had burst under the skin. just wondering what to do.?
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Keep it elevated: apply ice first day, warm compresses thereafter. It will run its course, your diagnosis is correct, you burst a little vein
Answered 2/17/2016
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