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tiggers1
tiggers1

Hi this may sound weird but I've been getting a lot of bruises on my legs and sometimes my arms some of them I can explain how got them but a lot of them seem to appear from no were and I noticed a small one on the inside of my left leg showed my daughter last night before we went out . But today it's got bigger but looks weird like it's got a line of blood traveling up my leg just a little but doe anyone else get unexplained bruises is this a symptom of fibro or RLS or could this be somthing else going on with me ? Your advice is appreciated Thanks x

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  • PiliPalaB4ch
    PiliPalaB4ch tiggers1

    Posted

    Constantly getting unexplained bruises tiggers! Look like a Dalmatian at times! 3 new ones have appeared over night, two on one leg one on my arm- no idea how? 

    I have always bruised easily so I tend not to worry, but if you are worried have a word with your GP just to put your mind at rest. Gentle hugs x

  • kaz_40
    kaz_40 tiggers1

    Posted

    Hi tiggers1 I have recently had bruises appearing, I havnt knocked my self as been in bed unwell. so why they have appeared have no idea. Ive got 2 on my left arm and 1 on my left leg. If its worrying you speak to your gp to put your mind at rest. take care 
    • PiliPalaB4ch
      PiliPalaB4ch kaz_40

      Posted

      Hi Kaz strange how these bruises appear in threes isn't it? And it seems 2+1 too!

      have a good day, hope your back is a bit better, and the asthma isn't too bad! Gentle hugs x

    • kaz_40
      kaz_40 PiliPalaB4ch

      Posted

      Hi pillipalab4ch How are you hun? asthma alot better to what it was thankgoodness, my back is getting their but still very fragile having to watch what Im doing been stuck in 3 weeks. hoping to go out tomorrow as its hubbys birthday and our wedding anniversary so fingers crossed I can get out take care gentle hugs xx smile
    • kaz_40
      kaz_40 PiliPalaB4ch

      Posted

      brain fog rolleyes forgot to say the bruising is funny how it just appears ive got it on left arm leg just noticed 1 has appeared on my right leg. no Idea on how theyve appeared everything has been weird since having fibro never mind onwards upwards take care gentle hugs xx hope your having a lovely day x
  • Flowerlady
    Flowerlady tiggers1

    Posted

    Hi Tiggers...Me too, I have got up this morning to find three on my left leg and one on the right..I sometimes have them on my arms too. 
  • kaz_40
    kaz_40 tiggers1

    Posted

    I have just read a check list of symptoms of fibro from a fibromyalgia expert and bruising is a symptom. but for your own peace of mind you could have a chat to your gp about it. just in case it could be something else. Im putting mine down to fibro. take care gentle hugs
  • janet26165
    janet26165 tiggers1

    Posted

    Hi tiggers1. I get quite a lot of bruises. Like you some that can be explained and others that can't.

    I have 3 on my legs that appeared and seem to be getting bigger.

    I had it explained by a doctor as being due to medications I was taking, not anymore but still getting the bruises.

    If you are worried about them speak to your GP who may be able to put your mind at ease that it isn't anything more serious.

    Take care and gentle hugs

  • deb97936
    deb97936 tiggers1

    Posted

    Hello...  Yes I also get weird bruises, I bruise easily.  Mostly I have absolutely no idea how they come to be..  I have some very strange other Red areas on my shins.  Quite a number on my right leg, and have  begun getting them on my left leg.  They are quite ugly and they have lumps underneath the Red skin.  It's not psorisiss.  Both a GP and a Specialist have looked at them and neither have been able to identify what they are.  It is something to do with the blood vessels, but are not anything to do with varicose veins.  Just a bit of a mystery at this stage.  

     

  • Trev1264
    Trev1264 tiggers1

    Posted

    Hi Tiggers1, I don't get bruises but I always have the pain of having been given dead legs in both thighs and carves, sometimes in my arms, I find walking bad enough without these pains, but do you know what I find the worst about this crappy illness, it's not fatal, 7 years i'v had this, don't think I can do another 30 years, it's like we are suffering from a very slow death, i'm 51, I really don't want to see 52, if it wasn't for the fact that I have custody of my 2 youngest daughters, I wouldn't of seen 50. Well now that I have cheered everyone up, I hope you all have a good Sunday and have a pain free day.  
    • kaz_40
      kaz_40 Trev1264

      Posted

      Hi Trev1264 This a horrid condition to have a very hard condition to handle. with constant pain many symptoms it throws at us fibro affects every part of our body from top to toe. I said exactley what you said to my husband on sat morning, I feel as though Im dieing a slow death. I know only too well how hard it is how it takes our every strength to just get through each day. You have everything to live for in your 2 daughters. They would want their dad to be around to see them grow up go to uni to walk them down the aisle become a grandad. your focus is your daughters they would be lost heart broken with out you. take each day as it comes, stress worry dont help our condition if we can stay calm positive try not to stress worry it helps all easier said than done at times to do. on here you can talk to people that understand and who are going through and feeling the same as you do. your never alone on here take care
    • Meg53
      Meg53 Trev1264

      Posted

      Hi Trev, yep it is a crappy illness, but hey what can we do about it. My counsellor tells me concentrate on the good aspects in my life. Do you have anyone to talk to and maybe have a laugh with, believe me it is better than crying, I have tried both. Thank goodness for this forum and all the amazing people on it, it makes one feel less isolated. 🐬

       

  • carole28488
    carole28488 tiggers1

    Posted

    OMG:  This is too weird..I was going to ask my Dr. this month what is causing all these bruses...It looks like I've been in a dog fight...I also have a lot of brown spots that look like age spots...could be from the sun, I guess, but the bruises are disgusting and hard to explain to people why I look beaten up...
  • charlotte1824
    charlotte1824 tiggers1

    Posted

    Perhaps as everyone is in pain everyone is taking more medication than they used to and a lot of meds thin your blood. Ibroprufen or aspirin thins blood a lot as do other prescribed medications.

    I think you wouldn't need to hit yourself hard to get a bruise if your taking meds which thin blood and with the brainfog you can't remember doing it!

    You should always get new symptoms checked out.

    My mums on warfarin which is a blood thinner and she is covered in bruises and cuts all the time. She looks like her husband beats her when actually the dog just nudged her hard. If she bashes her leg hard on a table it looks like she's had a car run over her.

  • andrea03046
    andrea03046 tiggers1

    Posted

    I get these too spoke to the doctor apparently the bruises are caused by the medication that we take
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