Had a blood test at the hospital... what is the ugly brown bruise?
922148
That is blood pooling under the skin from the needle puncturing your vein...this too shall pass...your body will re-absorb the blood.
278521
There is  site for everything on the internet it seems.\n\nhttp://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?_adv_prop=images&imgsz=all&imgc=&vf=all&va=bruises&fr=FP-tab-web-t&ei=UTF-8
1076184
When was the last time you  had a physical with blood work up? It could be as simple as a vitamin deficiency or more serious, such as leukemia. I would highly recommend that you see your physician and discuss the bruising with them. Good luck!
790743
cellulitis or blood poisioning... go to the doctor or Urgent Care ASAP!!! this is serious.
650200
Black and blue, same as a bruise.
170630
It could be a spider bite.  She should see her doctor since I am not sure what a brown recluse bit looks like.
32065
Maybe you have fibroids or some other kind of cyst.  Go to your dr, cause brown clotty periods aren't normal.  The brown is old blood.  Does it smell like rotten hamburg?
402966
Some help maybe... I would definately recommend seeing your doc about this, but I might suggest that you ask if this could be a side effect of taking birth control pills or any other prescriptions that might contain hormones (that is if you are). I at one point had bruise like markings on my shins and top of my feet. It started with one bigger marking that grew and my doctor at the time swore that I had bumped my shin and it was a bruise. A month later I had about 5 of them and they were growing or becoming more oblong. I finally got referred to a skin doctor, and we found out that I had an allergic reaction to a hormone in my birth control I was taking. I stopped taking the pills and the bruise like markings went away. Hope I am not way off base on this one by suggesting birth control or maybe any drugs that contain hormones in them, but go see your doctor. -Ve
763492
Actually the bump on the head is due to edema or a fluid accumulating in the area that you got hit thats why its a big buldge this fluid contains all kinds of cells neutrophils and macrophages. The bump will cause a break in the continuity of your blood vessles, and you get some blood leaking and slowly itll be engulfed. Since the head as well as most of hte body is rich in blood vessels its not a worry if a few vessles break when getting injured. Slowly the injured tissues (site of the bump) will start being selectively removed and newer tissues will form, this is why you see the different color changes every few days 2-3 days about, from red to blue to green to brown then faint and finally back to normal. Bruising in the head might be more severe though because it doesnt have fascia or fat protecting it under the skin layer, good luck hope this helps you.
100376
Supposedly a blood clot.
549842
It's not too much sugar. It could be some sort of bacteremia (bacteria in the blood). There needs to be more tests performed to answer this question with certainty, but it could be a blood infection leading to abnormal erythrocytes. The swollen hands and face make me think that it's an inflammatory response to the infection.
1177044
It could be an effect of the anesthesia or pain medications that you were given.  If this continues or if you develop a fever or any other strange symptoms like a rash or bruising, please see a doctor immediately!
865001
From personal experience it takes four hours. The swelling comes first. The bruise appearence follows later.
1150122
As a bruise heals, it changes color until it disappears. Bruises typically change color in a progression from a reddish blush to a gradually darkening blue or purple, followed by green and finally yellow-brown.\n\nThis color change occurs because white blood cells are removing the decayed blood products little by little, the NF says. Different components of the blood have different colors, and these colors in turn lend color to the bruise. Green, for example, represents a component called biliverdin. Yellow-brown represents bilirubin.\n\nIf you have a bruise that's a yellowish color or a yellow-green, it's an old bruise -- probably several days old. The color change begins either at the outside of the bruise or at the center, depending on how the bruise occurred.\n\nTo treat a bruise, the first step is to apply ice, but not for more than 15 minutes at a time. Ice numbs the pain and slows down the bleeding. After two days, you can begin to apply heat. This speeds recovery by increasing circulation in the affected area. If you can, elevate the area that is bruised.\n\nWhen does a bruise require medical attention?\n\nIf you have a bruise, but you don’t recall being hit or injured where the bruise appears.\n\nIf the pain is out of proportion to what you might expect from the injury.\n\nIf the bruise is larger than what you'd expect from the injury.\n\nIf the pain worsens; the pain should lessen with time.\n\nHemophiliacs, as well as those taking anticoagulants should probably talk to their health care provider if they get a bruise. And if you seem to develop bruises in the course of your normal activities, without a related increase in falls or bumps, also check with your provider.
995589
It certainly sounds like a bruise.\n\nFYI, not all bruises hurt.  When you hit something, and get a bruise from it, the pain comes from hitting something, not necessarily from the blood that creates the bruise.\n\nFor example, my daughter had her ACL replaced in her knee about a year-and-a-half ago.  She didn't like the way the prescribed vicadin made her feel, so she asked the doctor if it would be okay for her to just take the ibuprofen that she had previously been prescribed.  He said okay, so she discontinued the vicadin.  However, she ended up taking too much of it, which essentially caused some internal bleeding, and she ended up with a giant bruise on her ankle.  The doctor gave her a new prescription, for something else that didn't make her feel funny, and the bruise went away in just a couple of days.
925932
It sounds like you might have a low platelet level. Please tell your doctor about these spots ASAP.
987078
it might be a brown recluse spider bite.  keep a watch on it.  if it continues to get infected you will have to go to the doctor.  let someone older look at it please.