Easy bruising...

Wannabefree

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Okay, so I have been working a lot more lately since the weather broke, and am not the most careful person in the world but it *seems* like I bruise easier lately. A LOT easier. Right now I have 4 bruises on my left arm, 2 on my right arm, one on each hipbone, both knees and one on my left ankle :barnie Of course this last week we have built a horse barn and I have been digging post holes and setting posts all day, but I have like eleventy nine bruises that I am not sure how I did them :hu Thinkin maybe something going loopy in my system....figured I'd pick your brains since ya'll are so smart and stuff ;)

Oh...and I'm STARVING. Appetite is WAYY crazy. I have had 4 meals and 3 snacks today :hide Dunno if that would have anything to do with anything either :hu
 

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I need to watch this thread. I bruise real easy. Always have. Right now my legs are covered in them. Every time I bump into any thing, theres a bruise...
 

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Sunny said:
I need to watch this thread. I bruise real easy. Always have. Right now my legs are covered in them. Every time I bump into any thing, theres a bruise...
I've never bruised easily...until lately it seems I have them everywhere :rolleyes: Maybe I'm just getting old and clumsy :lol: It sure seems weird though that I have so many lately. I don't remember bumping myself hard on anything :hu Oh wait...maybe it's just getting old and my memory is going? :lol:
 

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I don't know where I heard it or even if it's true but I was always told to eat bananas. I was told that bruising easily meant you needed potassium.

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One of the symptoms of vitamin c deficiency is easy bruising.
 

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Wifezilla said:
One of the symptoms of vitamin c deficiency is easy bruising.
My sister bruised BAD and started taking vit C. Worked for her. She took vit C intermittently - just when more bruising showed up. I tried it once and it worked.

Both of us were eating poor diets at the time.
 

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:lol: Iron, potassium, and C...I eat plenty of meat, so iron should be good. I'm thinking either C or potassium then. I'll try bananas and OJ for breakfast for a week or so and see if it helps :D Thanks ya'll!!!
 

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Not trying to hijack the thread, but this is interesting and slightly related. :D My husband used to wake up every night with severe leg cramps. I did some research and learned that it could be a potassium deficiency. He started eating a banana every single day.... no more leg cramps.
 

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For me, it's B12 lol. I take B12 sublingual and I don't bruise as badly.
 
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