Why would you apply warmness to a blood clot that cause swelling, but rime to swelling from an injury?
I have superficial blood clots in my not here leg. Applying heat has help to reduce the swelling but to me it makes no sense?? Why?
Answer: The basis you apply heat is to make the clot dissolve. The steam will cause the clot to come apart and as it does the blood that has be stopped behind it will move thereby reducing the swelling. After an injury you want to stop the swelling that has be caused by trauma. To do that one applies ice as it reduce the flow to that area. Heat on an injury may initially feel better but it brings even more swelling to the nouns making it harder for the body to rid itself of the swelling.