Bruising

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

I have known a couple of people with this problem that was improved with
citrus bioflavinoids. These are cheap and non toxic. So loading up on this
stuff would not present a problem. I would probably take some Vitamin C with
it too.

Hobbes said:

A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

My experiences with that are a bit extreme :-) Whenever I hear of
unexplained bruising, I hope that person gets a blood test done.
However, if the bruising is confined to the legs and there are no
petechia, I have to wonder if she's just been bumping into things. My
wife gets bruises on her legs all the time, and it's BECAUSE she's
active and does things all day that she ends up bumping her legs.

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Hobbes said:

A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

In my experience, unexplained brusing usually occus after a night of
drinking. People will smack into something and not remember it.

--Falooley

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Hobbes said:

A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

In my experience, unexplained brusing usually occus after a night of
drinking. People will smack into something and not remember it.

AFAIK Andrea drinks very moderately. I don't think that is it.

I smack into the corner of my bed frame at least once weekly, with one
or the other leg. There is a mere two feet of space between the bed
and the dresser in front, and the ergonomics of the room aren't the
best. The bruise is always in the same height on each leg, on the
side, back, or front depending on which way I was facing when it
happened, and is always gigantic because I tend to be moving quickly
when I do it and scrape myself along the sharp wooden corner, as
opposed to just bumping into it. Icing immediately with a bag of
frozen peas doesn't do a thing to lessen the severity. These bruises
also tend to leave "stains" or "shadows" of themselves for months,
sometimes up to 6 months.

I've always been an easy bruiser so I don't think anything of it, and
I'm otherwise in good health. But people tend to cringe when they see
them.

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be sure.
Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
something. This I know.

Stephen

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be sure.
Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
something. This I know.

Stephen

Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

Stephen

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be sure.
Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
something. This I know.

Yeah. What I told her. She leaves for Hawaii on Monday and she promised to
go to the doctor when she gets back. In all likelihood it is nothing. She
also has asthma and takes corticosteroids.

But I'll certainly push for your advice.

Peas!? Frozen corn or broccoli mebbe... but never peas.

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be sure.
Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
something. This I know.

Stephen

Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

I hear, but I'm not sure she is going to.

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Hobbes said:

A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
and see if there are any ideas.

In my experience, unexplained brusing usually occus after a night of
drinking. People will smack into something and not remember it.

AFAIK Andrea drinks very moderately. I don't think that is it.

Is she a sleepwalker?

--Falooley

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A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs
over the last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the
bruising and she can't recall anything that would cause these
bruises. She is very fit, exercises daily and 46 years old.

Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post
here and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
sure. Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny
possibility of something. This I know.

Yeah. What I told her. She leaves for Hawaii on Monday and she
promised to go to the doctor when she gets back. In all likelihood it
is nothing. She also has asthma and takes corticosteroids.

But I'll certainly push for your advice.

I have been told that taking anti-inflammatories can be a cause of this
sort of bruising. She takes then from time to time for back issues. So
maybe the corticosteroids?

Cheers

Bob

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> A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
> apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs
> over the last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the
> bruising and she can't recall anything that would cause these
> bruises. She is very fit, exercises daily and 46 years old.
>
> Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post
> here and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
sure. Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny
possibility of something. This I know.

Yeah. What I told her. She leaves for Hawaii on Monday and she
promised to go to the doctor when she gets back. In all likelihood it
is nothing. She also has asthma and takes corticosteroids.

But I'll certainly push for your advice.

I have been told that taking anti-inflammatories can be a cause of this
sort of bruising. She takes then from time to time for back issues. So
maybe the corticosteroids?

Cheers

Bob

Uhm, insert "Wife gets this sort of unexplained bruising" She takes them
(anti-infammatories) from time to time

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Hobbes wrote:

>A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
>apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over the
>last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
>can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very fit,
>exercises daily and 46 years old.
>
>Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post here
>and see if there are any ideas.

In my experience, unexplained brusing usually occus after a night of
drinking. People will smack into something and not remember it.

AFAIK Andrea drinks very moderately. I don't think that is it.

Is she a sleepwalker?

Nope.

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> "Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> > A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
> > apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs
> > over the last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the
> > bruising and she can't recall anything that would cause these
> > bruises. She is very fit, exercises daily and 46 years old.
> >
> > Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post
> > here and see if there are any ideas.
>
> Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
> sure. Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny
> possibility of something. This I know.

Yeah. What I told her. She leaves for Hawaii on Monday and she
promised to go to the doctor when she gets back. In all likelihood it
is nothing. She also has asthma and takes corticosteroids.

But I'll certainly push for your advice.

I have been told that taking anti-inflammatories can be a cause of this
sort of bruising. She takes then from time to time for back issues. So
maybe the corticosteroids?

Cheers

Bob

Uhm, insert "Wife gets this sort of unexplained bruising" She takes them
(anti-infammatories) from time to time

Yeah, it probably is the corticostreroids. But I still advised her to get
a doctor to look.

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"Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote
> A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
> apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over
> the
> last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
> can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very
> fit,
> exercises daily and 46 years old.
>
> Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post
> here
> and see if there are any ideas.

Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
sure.
Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
something. This I know.

Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

I hear, but I'm not sure she is going to.

Tell her the nurse agrees with Stephen. Most likely nothing, small chance
something very, very, bad, and best trested as early as possible.

David

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Cohen said:

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Stephen Mulholland said:

"Stephen Mulholland" <[email hidden]> wrote
> "Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for no
> > apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs over
> > the
> > last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and she
> > can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very
> > fit,
> > exercises daily and 46 years old.
> >
> > Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would post
> > here
> > and see if there are any ideas.
>
> Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
> sure.
> Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility of
> something. This I know.

Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

I hear, but I'm not sure she is going to.

Tell her the nurse agrees with Stephen. Most likely nothing, small chance
something very, very, bad, and best trested as early as possible.

She maintains she will go as soon as she gets back from Hawaii - three
weeks down the road.

What is the very, very bad and small possibility thing?

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"Stephen Mulholland" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> "Stephen Mulholland" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > "Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > > A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for
> > > no
> > > apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs
> > > over
> > > the
> > > last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and
> > > she
> > > can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very
> > > fit,
> > > exercises daily and 46 years old.
> > >
> > > Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would
> > > post
> > > here
> > > and see if there are any ideas.
> >
> > Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
> > sure.
> > Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility
> > of
> > something. This I know.
>
> Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

I hear, but I'm not sure she is going to.

Tell her the nurse agrees with Stephen. Most likely nothing, small chance
something very, very, bad, and best trested as early as possible.

She maintains she will go as soon as she gets back from Hawaii - three
weeks down the road.

What is the very, very bad and small possibility thing?

Liver issues, low platelet, low Vit K......does she use aspirin or NSAID's
on a regular basis? Does she drink alot? Any of these can lead to
bruising. Like the other poster said, blood test will tell the tale.
Kristen

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"Stephen Mulholland" <[email hidden]> wrote:
> "Stephen Mulholland" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > "Hobbes" <[email hidden]> wrote
> > > A friend here at work is complaining of bruising on her legs for
> > > no
> > > apparent reason. She has had 5-6 very large bruises on her legs
> > > over
> > > the
> > > last few weeks. There is no pain associated with the bruising and
> > > she
> > > can't recall anything that would cause these bruises. She is very
> > > fit,
> > > exercises daily and 46 years old.
> > >
> > > Naturally I told her to go see a doctor, but I did say I would
> > > post
> > > here
> > > and see if there are any ideas.
> >
> > Get her to a doctor, Keith. And the sooner the better. Just to be
> > sure.
> > Unexplained bruises....very probably nothing, very tiny possibility
> > of
> > something. This I know.
>
> Tomorrow, you hear? Doctor. Blood test.

I hear, but I'm not sure she is going to.

Tell her the nurse agrees with Stephen. Most likely nothing, small chance
something very, very, bad, and best trested as early as possible.

She maintains she will go as soon as she gets back from Hawaii - three
weeks down the road.

Whatever she wants. It's her business.

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What is the very, very bad and small possibility thing?

It's probably nothing. But it could be one of a number of diseases affecting
the blood, or the liver, or the immune system. Leukemia, for example.

David