1st March 2008
unfortunetly only time and ice will help reduce and eventually heal your hematoma.if you need to take something for pain,do not take anything like ibuprofen/advil?this can actually cause more bleeding since it tends to thin the blood a bit like aspirin does?tylenol would be good tho.your body will have to break down and absorb all of the accumulated blood,just like with a bruise,before this will actually go away for you.its just the process our bodies have to go thru to heal itself properly.there really isn't anything that will 'speed it up' just time.tho icing every hour for about 20 minutes would possibly help,but unfortunetly,that is about your only real option at this point.at least you did the right thing here by getting x rays and an eval for concussion.time will just have to take care of this for you now.sorry i couldn't be of more help.good luck and just give it time and be careful.if you cannot actually see out of that eye right now,i most certainly wouldn't attempt to drive at all til things get better.if things don't 'look' right after about a week with regards to your sight,i would see an eye doc for an exam.you just need to make certain your sight wasn't affected in some way by the trauma.please let me know how things are going for you. FB
