I bruise WAY too easily. Now that the weather is nicer, I want to start wearing my skirts but my legs are always soo banged up. I mean covered in bruises.. all the time. I bump my leg with my purse and get a bruise. It's ridiculous.
What does this mean? Is there anything I can do to make me less sensitive?
I agree with Mara that it sounds like a vitamin deficiency. I'm assuming you don't take a daily multivitamin? If not, I'd start and see if it helps. If you do, check and see if it has iron in it. If it does, I'd see a doctor.
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When I was very little the doctors said I bruised easily because I didnt have enough platelets. Now I am better but I still tend to bruise easily too. So you may want to get a blood test done just to be sure.
most commonly it's due to vitamin deficiencies (iron), it can be the other things mentioned too. i would start by getting blood work done, and then you can go from there.
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And I didnt always bruise easily. It's seemed to have developed in the past year or so. I don't tan anymore either.. so I think it's more noticeable since I'm a pale ghost. :(
Just let your doc know what's going on - they'll probably test your platelets and your iron levels to start, but they could also throw in a couple less-likely things to test for, since they're taking your blood anyway .
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