{"id":48,"date":"2021-01-19T17:40:43","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T17:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/childrenharmed.co.uk\/?page_id=48"},"modified":"2021-03-11T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T22:16:09","slug":"bruising","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/bruising\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruising"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/childrenharmed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/shutterstock_1039065277-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"451\" height=\"300\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We understand that children bruise and that this is very often accidental and as a result of natural causes, playing and clumsiness. Where a child sustains a lot of bruises, professionals can become concerned as to whether the bruises are caused by everyday life or whether they have been inflicted on the child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medical professionals are trained to identify concerning bruises and will look out for signs of inflicted injury, which can include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:1px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bruises in a particular shape such as a linear bruise, a bruise in the shape of an instrument, or a bruise showing imprints of a hand or fingerprints;<\/li><li>Multiple bruises or a cluster of bruises;<\/li><li>Bruises on non-bony parts of the body such as the face or ears;<\/li><li>Bruising in a non-mobile child.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>It is now widely accepted that it is not possible to age or date bruises because each person reacts differently and there is no set pattern as to how a bruise will develop.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some children can have conditions where they bruise more easily than the average child.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Coagulopathy \u2013 this is a medical condition which can lead to excessive bruising and haemarthrosis due to the blood\u2019s ability to clot being impaired. As a minimum, you should ask the doctors to conduct coagulation screening to identify whether your child is more prone to bruising than the average child.&nbsp;<\/li><li>Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (including similar connective tissue or heritable collagen disorders)- easy bruising and bleeding can be a prominent feature of EDS.&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We understand that children bruise and that this is very often accidental and as a result of natural causes, playing and clumsiness. Where a child sustains a lot of bruises, professionals can become concerned as to whether the bruises are caused by everyday life or whether they have been inflicted on the child.&nbsp; Medical professionals &#8230; <a title=\"Bruising\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/bruising\/\" aria-label=\"More on Bruising\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48","page","type-page","status-publish"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":235,"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/48\/revisions\/235"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.childrenharmed.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}