I have always bruised easily (and to top it off I'm a klutz always walking into things). But this year the bruises are crazy. Currently, I have a bruise on my leg that looks like someone wrapped their hand around my leg and wouldn't let go. I can see some small scratches (barely breaking the skin) at the center of each stripe/bruise, but the bruises all extend about an inch on each side of the scratch. This bruise has been on my leg for over 2 weeks, it slowly appeared, and was the biggest/darkest over this past weekend. I have a number of other bruises on my leg, that I have NO idea where they came from. I've been laying on the couch for the last 2 weeks, so unless the couch beat me, there's no reason for them. Sunday I did a 3.5 hour ride and my bike jersey sleeve seemed a little tight, and now I have a bruise around my left arm from it. Very weird.
Whenever I start doing hard running workouts (the first 2-3 weeks of hard training) I get little bruises on my legs (both), and have ever since I was in high school. In high school, college and once after I've had blood tests that show everything is fine, these bruises are small and on both legs. They don't bother me anymore.
Anyway, i went to the doctor yesterday and asked them if there was any explanation for the crazy big and long lasting bruising. They did some blood tests, all's well they say. I told the doctor I had no idea what caused the bruises on my legs and he said i surely ran into something very hard. I told him I think I would have remembered something like that. he pointed out you can see the scratch marks and I said yes, but the size of the bruise seems so much more than just a little scratch made it.
I read a little online that taking fish oil can cause easy bruising, I've been taking fish oil for about a year, and about 3 months ago switched to Krill Oil, since it's supposed to be even better for you.
Anyone else had easy crazy bruising while you took fish/krill oil? The only other thing I've switched in the time frame of the crazy bruising is I was diagnosed with Asthma and use a daily inhaler and my as needed albuterol.
All the bruising is only on the left side of my body. Something the doctor looked at me funny when I told him. I sprained my ankle 2 1/2 weeks ago and it bruised a little. It went away w/in a week. It was my right ankle.
I have little faith in my doctor and called back for an appointment to see another doctor (not just because of this, but because I have a conversation with him and a couple minutes later he'll ask me about something I just told him)
Whenever I start doing hard running workouts (the first 2-3 weeks of hard training) I get little bruises on my legs (both), and have ever since I was in high school. In high school, college and once after I've had blood tests that show everything is fine, these bruises are small and on both legs. They don't bother me anymore.
Anyway, i went to the doctor yesterday and asked them if there was any explanation for the crazy big and long lasting bruising. They did some blood tests, all's well they say. I told the doctor I had no idea what caused the bruises on my legs and he said i surely ran into something very hard. I told him I think I would have remembered something like that. he pointed out you can see the scratch marks and I said yes, but the size of the bruise seems so much more than just a little scratch made it.
I read a little online that taking fish oil can cause easy bruising, I've been taking fish oil for about a year, and about 3 months ago switched to Krill Oil, since it's supposed to be even better for you.
Anyone else had easy crazy bruising while you took fish/krill oil? The only other thing I've switched in the time frame of the crazy bruising is I was diagnosed with Asthma and use a daily inhaler and my as needed albuterol.
All the bruising is only on the left side of my body. Something the doctor looked at me funny when I told him. I sprained my ankle 2 1/2 weeks ago and it bruised a little. It went away w/in a week. It was my right ankle.
I have little faith in my doctor and called back for an appointment to see another doctor (not just because of this, but because I have a conversation with him and a couple minutes later he'll ask me about something I just told him)