A member asked:

Is bruising the side of my knee an injury?

6 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Bruising Knee: It depends on the histoty, if there is history of traume you can racall then it is due to injury.But if there is no history of injury then you have to think of problems with clotting system in your blood, which makes you bruise easily spontaneously or with minimal unknown trauma.

Answered 9/28/2016

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Dr. Gregory Harvey answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Bruising: Yes the bruising is due to an injury unless you have some type of bleeding disorder.

Answered 3/17/2017

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