Why Am I Bruising So Easily?

[LadyNZ]

I am injecting most days, mainly in the lower abdomen, but I am bruising very easily. Is this normal? I am injecting sub-cutaneously. The backside doesn't seem an easy location to use. What other options are there or should I just put up with the bruising?

[helvella]

Sorry to repeat what I said on one of your previous posts, easy bruising might be due to thyroid - some sufferers of hypothyrodism end up with symptoms of acquired von Willebrand disease.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Von_W...

[Hidihi]

Hi. yes, i bruise easily too - bit like a dart board @ times. i take the homeopathic remedy Arnica in the 30th potency and gets rid of it rather readily. i have ME and very poor healing power. think Boots may stock it but google ''homeopathic Pharmacies' & list should come up. Arnica doesn't interfere with conventional medicines.

[wedgewood]

I inject in the thigh(Middle outer third) alternating legs. Never had a bruising problem Why not try that for a change?

[Gambit62 Administrator]

I find thigh easier than stomach. Do occasionally get bruising - hitting a vein - but when I was injecting an anti-coag following an operation and was using the stomach for that and was just bruising all the time.

[LucyG82]

I use the upper, outer thigh and have never had bruising. I make a cross on my thigh and use the top, outer section.

[LadyNZ]

Thanks LucyG82. I'm not sure what you mean by making a cross on your thigh, though.

[Vivante]

Look for info re Low platelet count (Thrombocytopenia). A most interesting article from America. It also provides advice re..Tampons. After reading that you may think differently about VAT.. upmc.com/patients-... It is provided by UPMC LifeCHANGINGmedicine.

Medical conditions that are affected include Thyroid disease, Rheumatoid arthritis, arrhythmia. A team of specialists in medicine, experts in their own field got together to write a book, it took some years to publish. It was published in the early 70's. It described low platelet information under that name Thrombocytopenia. There is also a book written by a specialist in thyroid diseases, He clearly mentions Thrombocytopenia.

Anti co-ags, such as Heparin cause it. There is also childhood thrombocytopenia, pregnancy related thrombocytopenia.

Please check it all out.

Every person who has cancer should read the article from America.

I wish you all well.