Random bruises

Sorry this is the last pic of my hand as someone said my fist clenched made it a little distorted. So iv put my hand flat. I hope this helps. Thank you too everyone who has given help and advise. 👍👍😀

[Barnclown]

Good photo! Thanks!

There can be various causes for this sort of thing, so: counting on you to keep taking photos to show your clinicians asap

Are you hypermobile? Cause I have the hEDS type & my medics say my version of these are “paroxysmal haematomas” due mainly to hEDS...i have these all over, but more often in my arms/hands/fingers + legs/feet/toes ..mine look sorta similar, except my version of these non-contact injury bruise-like subcutaneous bleeds usually features a darker focal bump area from which the bleed infused into surrounding soft tissues. At onset, these start with pricking pain, then burning pain, stiffness & swelling...the pain subsides within a few hours, but slight swelling persists for a few days depending, eg on my legs & arms where these are biggest, the swollen bump lasts longer...

Cause I’ve responded to others’ posts about this sort of thing over the past 10 years here, you may have seen that I’m 66 & my SLE is infant onset, so, over the years, I’ve collected loads of other diagnoses as we tend to...inc small vessel vasculitis which inenevitably plays a part in my version of this

My medics say my version of this isn’t actually “sinister” and I’ve survived them for decades (also inside my mouth) but it is good that my clinicians & I feel we have a decent understanding of the main underlying causes + keep an eye on the frequency & scale on which mine happen + monitor my blood clotting stats carefully in case other factors in my mix add to this to create predisposition to more vulnerability

Looking forward to reading others’ feedback 👍

❤️🍀❤️🍀 Coco

[Hidden in reply to Barnclown]

Hi

Iv not been told about hypermobility and I'm going to ask about my blood cloting. But I'm not aloud my blood test until July as it's not safe for me with covid yet. But thanks for your help it's much appreciated 😊 stay safe xx nikki

[Barnclown in reply to Hidden]

👍💐❤️🍀

PS I do think some of my lupus meds have slightly reduced the frequency of my version of these (ie long term daily 10mg pred + 1000mg Myco) & my some of my long term immunodeficiency disease meds also seem to help reduce these (3 weekly IVIG). Hope you’ll let us know what your medics say