easy bruising
Skin marks readily
Easy bruising is a tendency to develop bruises from minor impacts that wouldn't mark most people, or to bruise without any remembered injury.
It can be a normal variation, especially in older adults and fair-skinned people, but may also signal blood clotting disorders, vitamin deficiencies, or medication effects: The doctor asked about easy bruising when reviewing her symptoms.
- black and blueVisibly bruised, discolored
- contusionTissue damage beneath skin
- hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
- aging skinEpidermis losing elasticity over time
- bleedingBlood loss from injury
thin skin · fragile · purple · discoloration · bump · finger pressure · clotting · clotting factor · platelets · anemia · elderly · pale · tender · swelling · capillaries · blood thinner · vitamin deficiency · unexplained
- malnutritionmalnutrition, malnourished, undernourished, undernourishment, starvation
- blood clottingfibrin, thrombin, prothrombin, fibrinogen, platelet
- hypermobility disordershypermobility, double-jointed, double jointed, loose joints, bendy