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Bruising easily
Bruising easily is a symptom in which a person gets bruises on the skin with minimal trauma or no trauma remembered at all. Easy bruising is usually due to fragile small blood vessels in the skin, or to blood thinners that make it harder for blood to clot.
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What are causes for bruising easily?
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What is the definition or description of: Bruising easily?
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Is there any connection between bulimia and bruising easily?
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A 45-year old asked:
Is there a reason why I am all of the sudden getting thinner and bruising easily?
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I am afraid i may have leukemia :( or something serious. Bruising easily a lot lately?
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A 61-year old female asked:
I am experiencing bruising (quality: bruising easily) . My basophils count was 8 (normal 0-1) Abs basophils man 0.440 ( normal 0.000-0.110. ?
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A 39-year old asked:
What can you do to prevent from bruising easily ?
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Is bruising easily a side effect of chemotherapy?
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A 47-year old asked:
I am bruising easily and always tired. What should I do?
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A 17-year old female asked:
What is it? I have bruising (quality: bruising easily) and prolonged bleeding.
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A 42-year old female asked:
I'm getting sick a lot and bruising easily. I'm also tired a lot with headaches. What could be the cause?
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A 37-year old female asked:
Is bruising easily a sign of anemia?
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A 18-year old female asked:
The tips of my nails are very white & I have a blue hue on the bottom of my nail. I also have been bruising easily a lot recently. Should I worry?
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A 30-year old asked:
Which vitamins and minerals prevent you from bruising easily?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I have been bleeding and bruising easily. Iv been using a lot of nsaids and ibprofin. How can I tell that IV been taking too much? What symptoms?
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A 27-year old female asked:
What could explain my symptoms of bruising easily, frequent tingly headrushes, and heightened levels of anxiety and lethargy? should I be concerned?
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A 27-year old female asked:
I have been bruising easily. Today my husband pinched my nose as a joke. I now have a purple bruise on the tip of my nose under where he pinched. Why?
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A female asked:
Weight loss, fatigue, skin bruising easily do you no what this could be?
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A 35-year old female asked:
Why am i bruising easily? I have bruised easily all my life.I'm not anemic and iron levels are good. Is there a reason for it?
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A 25-year old female asked:
I keep seeing symptoms of hiv 2 years ago unprotected sex I keep getting this white clumpy discharge bruising easily white thick discharge
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A 38-year old female asked about a male:
Son started bruising easily, 20 bruises in two days. All bloodwork normal but High MCHC and High Lymphocytes also Poikiloytosis and Ovalocytes? Means?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Which specialist to see for EDS diagnosis? was told I might have hypermobile type EDS by neuro 4 yrs ago and we did testing but the results came out inconclusive. noticed i get internal bruising easily on my knees out of nowhere and want to try again?
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A 36-year old asked:
Can taking one baby aspirin daily thin the blood too much so that you end up bruising easily?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Bruising easily & they r lasting a while. I have a pineal mass in my brain(just an fyi). Any ideas of what could be wrong?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Bruising easily, multiple bruises, and they r lasting a while. I have a pineal mass in my brain(just an fyi). Any ideas of what could be wrong?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Have been bruising easily on my thighs. no idea why. My right leg has small bruise, size of a quarter with a non-painful lump under it. What is it?
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A member asked:
How much vitamin d 3 & vitamin K should a woman take daily ? I am bruising easily and wanted to know if vitamin K will help so i won;;t bruise easy ?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Can hypothyroidism lead to bruising easily and dry skin and dry scabs that won't heal I have 2 small ones on arm my mom & aunt have hypothyroidism?
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A 30-year old female asked:
Last period 11weeks ago not pregnant aching bruising easily tired and moody I have copper coil also im also forgetfull please help what can it be?
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A 16-year old female asked:
I am experiencing neck pain, wrist pain, arm pain, finger pain and bruising (quality: bruising easily) .
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