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It is essentially a “romantic” bruise caused on your skin mostly as a result of blood clotting in the area.
There is absolutely no cure for them. They taken their own time to get better and nothing you do will get them go away sooner.
Sometimes it may bleed and increase in size. You can definitely stop that from happening by applying ice to it.
If ice doesn’t work, then two days after receiving it (one the bleeding has stopped and the clot has been formed) you can start giving it a heat treatment to try and get it to disappear.
In some cases it may end up being life threatening as the clot may travel in the body with the blood flow and might reach the heart.
Gently brushing with a clean toothbrush can also help in spreading the blood cells away and may cause it to break down.
It is essential a mammal thing. Other animals do not seem to engage in such activities.
The germs of herpes are transmissible and can move around through any way. Thus this is a method for it to be contracted too.
The word is also a name of an Irish Pharmacy. In Irish it means “healer”
If you get it frequently and it takes a long time to heal then it may be a sign of iron deficiency in your body.
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