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Pains in legs and feet, bit of bruising now on both legs, had dimer and scan on legs dimer came back high but scans ok why am i bruising and in pain ?

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Dr. Nayana Trivedi answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Are you on NSAID/ASA: If you are taking something like Aspirin or Saliciilate, Ibuprofen,Naproxen like drug on regular basis you may bruise easily. Vit E High dose of Fish oil and Mega 3 may thin your blood too. If your skin is very thin, or your Platelat count is low for some reason you can bruise easily.

Answered 9/29/2016

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Dr. Peter Gerbino answered

Specializes in Orthopedic Surgery

Not enough info: Someone ordered a D-dimer level and it came back high? If done for pain in legs, DVT (blood clots) were suspected. By scans, I guess you mean ultrasound, and they showed no clots. Your situation could be from phelibitis (superficial vein clotting), but could be other issues like DIC, pregnancy or arthritis. Check out D-dimer on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-dimer

Answered 11/8/2014

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