You may have noticed that the men in your life don’t tend to walk around with bruises all over their arms and legs. Are they more coordinated? No. They likely bump themselves just as often as you do. In fact, many of them do so more often. They don’t notice because nothing seems...
Women tend to bruise more easily than men. This is because women have more fragile blood vessels and may bruise more easily on their legs, upper arms, or buttocks. Dr. Blahd says that if you have no other symptoms, then random bruising is nothing to worry about. Bleeding disorders Bleedin...
It is not uncommon for normal children older than 9 months to have 20 or more bruises, especially during the summer time, in a region with temperate climate, or during team sports season. The bruises are predominantly on the lower extremities, most frequently on the shins and knees.3 The ...
Bruises can appear for several reasons, such as falling or bumping into something. Upon impact, tiny blood vessels under your skin break. Blood pools under the skin at the site of the bruise. As a result, a reddish mark appears on the skin. As bruises heal, the body reabsorbs the trapp...
I have a bruise on my back. I have and had carpal tunnel in my left arm and shoulder. No trauma. What could this be? Byanon957589— On Jun 21, 2014 I have bruising on both arms that extends from the wrist to the elbow. My general health is not good (prostate and mantle cell ly...
My friend told me that she gets hit on the arms by her brother all the time. She said that at first the bruises showed up, but now they never do and she said they hurt more now too, than before, when they did show up. Is this normal? For them not to show up? Does it mean ...
I fell while climbing up the monkey bars on the playground at school when I was six, and I landed on one of the bars below with my thighs. I had a long bruise straight across both thighs, and this made it painful to sit down. ...