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If "blood thinners" are actually anticoagulants why can they cause easy under-the-skin bleeding with or without a bump or injury? more = worse for me
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Lack of clotting: There three mechanisms to control bleeding into the tissue from injury, 1. contraction of blood vessels, 2 Platelet aggregation to form a plug at the site of injury to the vessel, 3. Blood clot formation. If any one these is less than normal bleeding occurs in the tissue. Anti-coagulants impair blood clotting and a side effect is bleeding in the tissue, or easy bruising.
Answered 5/31/2021
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