Why do I bruise so easily?

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I'm always getting bruises. Some small but some are massive. If I lightly run into something I get a bruise. Sometimes I get bruises and I have no idea where they came from. Yesterday someone grabbed my arm but it wasn't even that hard and it left a massive bruise. I also have some on my chest and shoulders..no idea where they came from

Does this happen to anyone else?

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I would second what elly said please get your iron checked call your dr and have them do a hemoglobin test

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My brother had a somewhat the same problem as a child it was low blood platelet count

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I'd get some blood work done if I were you to see what's going on .

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I get bruised easily as well, I once read that taking vitamin c daily can help strengthen veins to make it difficult to bruise... Haven't tried that though.

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Anemic?

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I went to the ob for my annual and the doctor started really pressuring me about spousal abuse.  When I intensely denied any abuse, she did bloodwork and said that level or bruising was not ok.  Turned out I had ITP, pretty easily treatable.  They vaccinated the bejesus out of me in anticipation of having to remove my spleen, but it never came to that. Cleared up on its own when I was ~26

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I have anemia, so I bruise easily.

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That happens to me but not as badly. I wake up with bruises that I didn't have before because I was moving around in my sleep and hitting things. I also bruise easily

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A friend of mine gets bruises just like those and she was diagnosed with EDS.

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Maybe need more vitamin C.

Why do I bruise so easily?

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