for no reason at all i have these bruises on my legs..... has anyone had this happen to them??? thank you for your support hugs, lisa
Posts: 40 | From ky | Registered: Apr 2007
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Me..last week. Two different days, two terribly itchy spots which quickly blossomed into beautiful large bruises....no longer on any abx..
Posts: 249 | From finger lakes, ny | Registered: Jul 2006
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I have bruised more easily since getting lyme, sometimes for no known reason. The capillaries or vessels seem more fragile.
If you are taking much extra vitamin C in supplements or even high-C foods, be sure not to suddenly stop it, it or you can create scurvy like symptoms (which include easily bruising, one sign of C deficiency).
I have found I bruise more easily even if I just eat a lot of "Smoothies" with fruit high in C, and then stop eating them suddenly. You have to gradually decrease high C doses, or your body abruptly thinks you have a deficiency and reacts accordingly. I knew that from personal experience, but also had an MD recently confirm that. I found it particularly true if using any supplements unusually high in C (3000mg+), even before I had lyme.
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Are you on any treatments right now??? I got "old" looking bruises (yellowish) after one dose of Doryx. Was told it was a bad reaction and needed to stop taking it.
Also, do they hurt like a bruise? When I had Deep Vein Thrombosis, it initially showed up as a large group of bruises on my thigh.
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i get bruises everywhere and i can't remember bumping or hitting myself on anything. they just appear!!!
-------------------- do not look back when the only course is forward Posts: 12262 | From texas | Registered: Mar 2007
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OMG..........(gosh)! in the process of finding all of these bruises i looked up bed sores and seen pictures of early stage and late stage and so i started investigating further and i have 2 bedsores.. i know the bruises are not that but they are suspicious of lyme to me.. well i am very disappointed in finding these sores. i am in powerchair and i do find myself in the bed alot so maybe also the bruises are a blood thing...? i am on 25mg beta blocker for POTS..(the reason i am in bed so much) I just am so upset right now because i feel if it isn't one thing it's another........... my goodness i am only 31 and WHAT BED SORES
so sorry i had to get that out.. i'm calling pcp so that these things don't get worse because did u know superman (reeve) a bed sore was the cause of his last breath..... they can be life threatening
i just love you guys it is so nice to have this place to talk to ones who understand and are so supportive even if we don't make sense
lisa
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hey, lisbeth, my friend was in bed for a long time when pregnant. she got bed sores and a doctor recommended she start using cocoa butter on her body.
she said it worked great....
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YES!!! I periodically get spontaneous bruises and it's very disturbing.
Right now I have bruises on my L breast, L thigh and R arm. None are from trauma -- they just show up. I have Lyme, babesia (diagnosed clinically) and Ehrlichia. I suspect they're from babesia but I don't know for sure.
Thanks for posting the picture. It helps to know others with TBD have this problem, too.
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