Bruising...? I have woken up with a pretty nasty black eye for no reason....

[Dani71]

Hi, has anyone else suffered this? Is it a sign of blood too thick or too thin? I take 300mg of aspirin daily and have done for the last 10 yrs or so. I would have got random bruises on my legs before and not remembered bumping into anything but looking back at the last month or so I seem to bruising a lot and very dark purple bruises. Now this morning I have a lovely black eye and look like I have been in a nasty fight..... Any clues or is this just something that happens ....?

[MaryF Administrator]

Hi there, I think we all tend to bruise more easily on our medications. However I think if it is happening a bit more... and with the latest thing. I would be tempted to go for a quick check up with the GP if they are in the knowledge with all this, and also perhaps an earlier appointment with your consultant. I hope you don't wake up with a matching set tomorrow! MaryF x

[jessielou]

Hi hon

I think as Mary says I would go get this checked out. Especially if you are noticing the bruising is worse! I rub my eyes and end up with a shiner, I'm on warfarin though. From what I understand aspirin does increase tendency to bruise!

Hope you feeling ok today

Take care gentle hugs love Sheena xxxx

[Dani71]

Thank you both, might try to pop to gp tomorrow.... Mary, I hope I don't wake up with a matching one, it's going to be fun at work tomorrow as it is.... Just another fun part of our lives then.... ?? thx.

[Kentish_Man]

I have all sorts of bruises that appear and disappear. For example, last week I have one in the palm of my hand that just 'appeared'. Next morning it had gone again. Some stay for a few days, some seem to go within a day. Are yours like this ?? I only ask, as I asked my specialist about them and he did not give me an answer. So I asked my GP and she just she just shrugged her shoulders. So I would be interested to know if you get a definitive answer from a health professional.

For the record, I am on 18 mg of Warfarin a day.

[jani4063 in reply to Kentish_Man]

Hi bruising can also be a sign of a low platelet/red cell count, worth getting your full blood count checked by your gp

jani

[Kentish_Man in reply to jani4063]

Hi Jani,

Thanks for your comments. As I am on whole host of medications I have to have regular blood tests and, so far, this has not been found. However, I will ask next time I go.

Pete

[jessielou]

Hi Kentish man,

I get these bruises on my hands, I just assume its cos of the warfarin and they are small bleeds that reabsorb quicker than an impact bruise.

I hope that makes sense cos I got brain fug!

Take care gentle hugs love Sheena xxxx

[Kentish_Man in reply to jessielou]

That could well be it. Thanks Sheena. As it happens, I have brain fog. It blots out my short term memory. I can, vaguely, remember what happened yesterday but the day before not a thing. Yet I can remember masses of things from my youth. Both crazy and frustrating.

Take care,

Regards,

Pete

[jessielou in reply to Kentish_Man]

Hi Pete

Totally with you on the brain fog, very frustrating, reading and re-reading the same few pages of a book, when I used to be able to leave a book and go back to it, aaaargh! I loved to read!!!

I take plaquenil as well as load of other meds so platelets checked pretty regularly!

Take care gentle hugs love Sheena xxxx

[Dani71]

Hi, tg I didn't wake up with a matching eye. Got some great looks all day though... Di d manage to get to gp tonight & he has done a blood test to check the platelets as jani says. He has said it may just be part of Hughes though or could be that we need to look at change of meds.

Kentish man, yr bruises sound bit diff to mine. Mine tend to be pretty purple and take some time to go away. They would be more classic bruises. Perhaps as Sheena says yours may be due to warfarin. I hope u get an answer it's so frustrating when u feel like the docs aren't listening.

Thanks everyone, will let u know if anything strange appears in the blood test.

[jessielou]

Hi hon,

So glad you not got a matching set, ones embarrassing enough!

Hope bloods come back ok!

Take care gentle hugs love Sheena xxxx

[moaningmini59]

I woke up with a black eye for know reason what so ever caroline

[Lure2 in reply to moaningmini59]

Have you got a diagnose of APS (Sticky Blood)? All people here (on this site) have this illness. We try to help eachother and are not medical trained.

Best wishes from Kerstin in Stockholm

[Black-Forest]

It was just normal to me when I wake up with bruises in different parts of my body.Sometimes in legs,hands or at my stomach and back.But for the first time I just wake up with a bruise in my left side of my eye.And just wanna know who already experience having bruise in eyes if what is the short day before it will gone.?

[Lure2 in reply to Black-Forest]

I answered your question 1 minutes ago. Now you are on a very old question so you may not get any answers.

My question remains; do you have Antiphospholipidsyndrome? We have too thick blood and it is a rare illness.