strange bruising

[Stent2024]

hi . I know I would expect to bruise easily being on blood thinners , but is it normal to just develope a bruise without even knocking into anything . Have a bruise on tummy this morning and no recollection of it happening ?-anyone else having this problem . I’m on aspirin and clopidogrel

[321wheeliebin]

I had the same problem when I started my blood thinners , still get a small bruise now if I knock into something , and when I cut myself it takes a bit of time to heal

[Fanfab1]

I didn’t early on but I’ve had a few knocks in last week and one bruise looks like someone’s sunk their teeth into my forearm and got a whopper on my thigh.

But I noticed a reddish one on the inside of my leg just above ankle and no idea how got that one. It’s like a series of red lines.

Also if I grip something or hold on tight to something I seem to either hit a vein on my fingers you can see it raised and purple and it really hurts. Could be a nerve though but definitely purple. The pain is really sharp. Settles after a bit. Not sure related to taking blood thinner.

On clopidogrel!

[Happyrosie]

I think this is absolutely normal, according to my husband who’s been on clopidrol for twenty years

[Comfycousin1]

I'd be interested in this answer too. I've always been slightly prone to easily bruising and I was warned it would increase because of the various meds I'm on after a HA and angioplasty in December.I woke up to several new bruises on my legs/knees today and I have no recollection of knocking them. Weird.

C

[GFFF]

I was black and blue, repeatedly asked if I was a victim of DV by doctors x

[Stent2024 in reply to GFFF]

Omg . Hope it doesn’t get that bad . 😱

[fishonabike]

i am sorry to say that this seems to be completely "normal" - and the bad news is that is also seems to get worse with age as the blood vessels get more fragile

i don't have this myself (not on anticoagulants any more) but my mother does and she finds it increasingly distressing

if anyone knows of anything which helps i would love to hear about it