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Lacerations:

Discription:
Cut, Gash.

A tear in any tissue in the body; it may be external or internal. A lacerated wound is often caused by a cut from a sharp object, such as a knife. Athletic injuries are usually a combination of a contusion and a laceration, producing a bruised, jagged, irregular cut. 

Signs and Symptoms:

• Cut of any type in the skin. Athletic injuries frequently produce lacerations at such a steep angle that they create flaps of skin 
• Pain at the lacerated site 
• Bleeding (This is especially heavy in lacerations of the scalp and forehead)
• Swelling, redness and tenderness around the laceration (sometimes)

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