What is it a symptom of if you are bruising easily

Is Bruising Easily a Symptom of Breastfeeding?

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I am still nursing my 8 month old daughter and my legs are covered in bruises and now my arms are starting to bruise easily. I was never like this before and just started noticing it a few months ago (it could have been longer, but with sum…

Why am I bruising so easily? other weird symptom too??

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Well, I’m 14 5”9” and 125lbs but I’m still a little bit too thin … so first you need to gain weight! Like 10-15lbs to be the minimum. Secondly, drink less caffeine, and eat more foods high in GOOD calories, not crap like pizza and chips…

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Is bruising easily a symptom of anemia?

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A: I JUST asked my Dr. this–because I was diagnosed with very severe anemia–she said no. My hemoglobin was less than 5 which is quite low…I am usually very active and I could not keep my eyes open..if I was still for a moment I would fall asleep, even if I was eating. Some of my hair was falling out and my nails had a funny warp to them. I did not think I looked that “pale” but I am pretty fair..so it was hard to note. I had always thought bruising was a symptom and since I did not note bruising I did not consider anemia. I also thought a couple of months on iron and it would be “fixed” and I could not have been more wrong..it takes about 2 years to rebuild the iron stores in the bone.

I’ve been noticing that i’ve been bruising more easily latetly. Could this be a symptom of a diease?

Q: also my bruises are taking a little more time healing than usual. Usually it takes them 3-5 days to start healing, now it’s taking like almost a whole weak to heal.

A: you should probably have your primary care doctor do a blood test. Your liver enzymes could be off track.

Why am I bruising so easily? other weird symptom too?

Q: for the past month or so I just get these horrible multicolored bruises so easily I dont even realize I hurt myself, I dont even feel it! But then I get out of the shower and start drying off and I’ll find bad bruises that look like they really should have hurt to get, but I had no idea where or when I got them. Im also up to 2 jumbo energy drinks or an energy drink and a coffee to stay awake in school (im a junior in high school) but thats not so unusual lol bc im staying up really late almost every night for anatomy. Im also getting a few bumps on my face when I usually never do. and they’re taking FOREVER to go away. The only other new thing is i’ll get these weird white bumps on my tongue that hurt but they’re really small, like maybe the size of a grain of sand. Im 17, 5’11, and about 115 pounds if that helps. OH and I’ve never had a natural period if that has anything to do with it. only when i first got put on the pill (im not sexually active, they just wanted to try to make memenstruate) they didnt know why i wasnt exept they found something on one of my ovaries that looked like a cyst. after a few monthes i didnt have one even with birth control

A: You could have a low blood platelet count, which would account for the bruising. I say go check in with a doctor, it could be something dangerous. Better safe than sorry 🙂