Contents
- 1 Skin Bruising Easily On Legs
- 2 When To Be Concerned About A Bruise?
- 3 What Causes One To Bruise Easily?
- 4 What Causes Bruising On Legs?
- 5 Do You Need To Go To The Doctor For A Bruise?
- 6 What Is The Medical Term For A Bruise?
- 7 Why Did I Get A Bruise On My Face?
- 8 When To Get A Bruise Or Blood Spot Checked Out?
- 9 What Does It Mean If You Bruise Very Easily?
- 10 Why Am I Bruising So Easily Lately?
- 11 What Can Cause Spontaneous Bruising On Your Legs?
- 12 What Would Cause A Bruise Without Injury?
- 13 What Causes Red Bruises On Arms And Legs?
- 14 What Causes Bruising Without Injury?
- 15 Video of Skin Bruising Easily On Legs
Skin Bruising Easily On Legs
Random or unexplained bruising on legs can happen for a number of reasons. For example, being in the sun too long, aging, or a vitamin deficiency can weaken small blood vessels near the skin’s surface. This can result in bruising easily on your legs or other areas of your body.
When To Be Concerned About A Bruise?
A person should seek medical attention any time they have the following symptoms or issues associated with bruising: a suspected broken bone. loss of function of a joint, limb or muscle. increasing pain. an area is affected by a bruise that returns. there is no identifiable cause of the bruising.
What Causes One To Bruise Easily?
Easy bruising can sometimes be a symptom of a disease or health issue. For instance, sepsis (a bacterial infection), chronic inflammatory disease, liver disease and certain types of cancer can all cause you to bruise easily.
What Causes Bruising On Legs?
Other causes of unexplained bruising on the legs include vitamin deficiency, leukemia, or an auto-immune disorder. Bruises caused by an auto-immune disorder, such as lupus, are usually raised and firm to the touch.
Do You Need To Go To The Doctor For A Bruise?
Bruises are not typically something to cause undue worry. Often, they are a surface injury that requires no medical attention, and people can treat them at home. But, in some cases, a person may want to seek medical attention for their bruising.
What Is The Medical Term For A Bruise?
What is a Bruise? A “bruise,” or “ecchymosis” (the fancy medical term for a bruise), is a collection of blood and fluid underneath the skin where blood vessels lie to feed the skin and nearby tissues in the body (such as muscle). These blood vessels can leak and release blood into the skin layers and become easily visible.
Why Did I Get A Bruise On My Face?
The most common bruise (contusion) comes as the result of falling over or bumping into something and occurs because of the blood vessels under the skin being ruptured. This allows blood to leak from the blood vessels, thus creating a bruise.
When To Get A Bruise Or Blood Spot Checked Out?
They happen when small blood vessels break close to the skin’s surface. In most cases, bruises or blood spots aren’t a cause for concern. If they appear suddenly without an injury, these can be signs of an infection or another problem that needs immediate medical attention.
What Does It Mean If You Bruise Very Easily?
Bruising easily, or even spontaneously without trauma, could signify a medical problem that needs attention. Bruising easily could mean that bone marrow isn’t producing enough platelets, components of blood that literally plug leaks in the walls of injured blood vessels.
Why Am I Bruising So Easily Lately?
The liver makes proteins that the blood needs for clotting, so if it’s not doing its job, you may bleed or bruise more easily. It could be a sign that you’ve got a condition called cirrhosis. It’s a serious illness, so see your doctor.
What Can Cause Spontaneous Bruising On Your Legs?
Random or unexplained bruising on legs can happen for a number of reasons. For example, being in the sun too long, aging, or a vitamin deficiency can weaken small blood vessels near the skin’s surface. This can result in bruising easily on your legs or other areas of your body.
What Would Cause A Bruise Without Injury?
Bruising without an injury can be a sign of diseases of the kidney, liver and blood such as hemophilia, leukemia, Hodgkin’s disease, multiple myeloma, scurvy and thrombocytopenia.
What Causes Red Bruises On Arms And Legs?
Graves’ Disease . This overstimulates the thyroid gland, causing the body to burn calories more quickly than it should, leading to excessive weight loss. An overactive metabolism can cause the capillaries below the skin to become damaged, leading to red or unexplained bruising on legs and other areas.
What Causes Bruising Without Injury?
Bruises without injuries can be caused by thinning of the skin which could be caused by a number of factors. Some medication when taken for too long could lead to bruising without injuries. Aspirin is one such drug. It leads to coagulation changes which then lead to spontaneous hematoma.
Video of Skin Bruising Easily On Legs
Dr. Douglas PhD is a Canadian Forensic Podiatrist. He is an Associate Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary, having received her doctorate from McMaster University.