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karleighrae

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Bruising Easily Posted: 09-26-07 10:36am


My name is Karleigh-Rae. I'm 19 years old. Recently i started bruising alot. At first i thought it was that i just bruised easily but now i get bruises when someone touches me or if i lean on something. I'm not sure what it is. I went to the doctors he ran some blood tests on me but they came up normal. My doctor said it might be cancer but the cancer test he did on me came up negative. He then sent me to a specialist who also ran some blood tests but the same ones i'm waiting for the results but they take up to two weeks. Now the bruising is getting worse. This morning i woke up to bruises on my knees and i couldn't bend them. I can barely move my one hand because of the bruising. does anyone have any ideas about what this is???

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Posted: 09-27-07 10:40am


Hi! Bruises that don't go away after two weeks and are getting more painfull, swollen or you can't move the joint, need medical attention. Bruising depends on three main things: how tough a person's skin tissue is( people with thin arms and legs don't have enough fat to cushion and protect superficial blood vessels from damage), certain diseases or conditions and taking certain medications(antidepressants, aspirin, painkillers, anti inflammatory drugs,steroids, antibiotics) There are many disease and conditions that are causing bruising. Any bleeding/clotting disorder with deficiency in one of many clotting factors can lead to easily bruising(Thrombocitopenia purpura- decreased platelets blood count) Vitamin K deficiency due to Celiac disease(vit k requires the presence of fat in order to be utilized by the body and people who have problems with fat absorption or use medication that impair fat absorption are prone to get bruises-vit K is a blood clotting factor) Do you have nosebleeds? The liver plays a major role in producing blood clotting factors and some conditions that are affecting liver functioning can cause bruising. Hypothyroidism is one of the condition where the patient gets bruise easily. Bone cancer and leukemia are causing bruise, too. If your doctor is thinking you may have leukemia I wanna know if you are experiencing other symptoms related to leukemia, such as weakness, paleness, fever and flu-like symptoms, enlarged lymph nodes, pain in joints and bones, weight loss and night sweats. Before you get your results, I can suggest you to do something to make you bruises smaller, less painful and healing faster. You can use topical vitamin K cream and its effects will be greater if you combine it with arnica topical cream. Also, you can take vitamin C(it's strengthening the blood vessel's wall) and probiotics that are helping with vitamin K deficiency. Best wishes! Marija

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Brusing, leukemia? Posted: 02-24-08 12:35pm


Hi, I'm 16 years old and have recently started bruising and losing weight. I lost about 8 or 9lbs over the past month or so, but I feel fine. I was going through a break up with my boyfriend and figure I was just depressed and wasn't eating as much. Then frequent bruises started occuring on my shins. I have about seven on each shin, they are no bigger then the size of my thumb and some of them are painful, but not raised. I have one or two the size of a pea. My legs are very vainy which I thought may have something to do with my easy bruising. Seeing as how I havent been eating as much as normal, I thought maybe it had to do with an iron deficiency. They all go away after about two weeks or so, but then new ones will occur. Help!

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Posted: 03-03-08 06:00am


Can you have a regular blood count test? Have you start to take birth control pills?

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bruise easily Posted: 04-06-08 07:56am


Hi My name is leila and I am 36 this year. Lately I have noticed I am bruising very easily. If I sleep on my side and my knees are touching I wake with a bruise where the pressure of the 2 kneecaps have been resting on each other during the night. I minor bump or knock on the leg or arms leave brusing then there are the ones I just dont recall how I could have got them. I had a regular naturopath befor moving 10 months ago from QLD to VIC as I dont believe in pharmacutical treatment. I eat realativley healthy with a consistent diet of fish, legumes, veges fruit, cheese, unhomogonised milk, lamb,pork, etc. I take daily a multi vitamin, single does fish oil, and 1500mg glucosamine. I study 3 days a week and work 3 days in a pet store. I drink approx 2 bottles red wine and smoke 1 packet of cigarettes a week. I walk twice a week for 1/2 hour and every 3 week go hiking for 4-6 hours. I have had test done for thyroids liver etc all was good. Why would this brusing be occuring so frequently and easily? I am beginning to wonder perhaps if it could be attributed to some kind of nerves dissorder?? I would so appreciate any knowledge you could share with me.

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Posted: 04-07-08 06:08am


When have you been checked for your thyroid gland last time? Have you been done regular blood check up recently?