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[countrybumpkin]

I really bashed my upper arm on the corner of a door so was expecting a bruise which I got, but in past 2 weeks it has not improved one bit.  I don't bruise easily so not something I get often and cannot remember if its normal for a bruise to take so long to start to improve.  Before I start worrying about leukemia etc
as I am prone to do, I thought I would ask on here.

[honeybun]

Any bruise I get takes longer to go now too. I think it's just an age thing to be honest.
Have you tried rubbing arnica on it, I find doing that encourages them to go a bit quicker.


Honeyb
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[littleminnie]

Any bruises I get now last for ages. I agree with HB it's another of getting older.

[CLKD]

The skin thins as we age = bruising which can remain for longer.  When I was having radiation treatment any cuts took longer to heal (instead of within 24 hours) so it can be a sign that the immune system inn't working properly.  If the bruise remains for another week I would show it to your GP!

[countrybumpkin]

It knew I had asked you all   Its now gone much yellower and is fading.

[CLKD]

 

Does anyone find a bruise but can't remember how they acquired it?

[20032003]

Does anyone find a bruise but can't remember how they acquired it?

ALL the time... I can rarely remember how I got a bruise, actually....

[CLKD]

I often sustain a knock and think "I won't remember you when you're a bruise" 

[Katejo]

Does anyone find a bruise but can't remember how they acquired it?

I do but my blood platelet level is at the bottom end of normal as a side effect of Tegretol. It is checked regularly.

[Joyce]

I've got a bruise on my leg just now, still can't remember acquiring it. Not budging in a hurry.

[countrybumpkin]

Mine has not gone a wondeful yellow colour

[CLKD]

I remember when I hit my face how varied the colours were 

[countrybumpkin]

  thankfully my bruise is out of sight.

[CLKD]

I didn't go into town for 3 weeks …… in case I frightened the Natives 

[LindyLouLou]

Has anyone had to have blood thinning injections in the stomach?  I had to have them for six months and have never seen such bruises! My tummy - looked like a map of the world!  I stopped the injections over a month ago and some of the bruises are still there but very faint.
Lindyloulou