Bruising easily?

Hi Mads,
First off, how are you doing and how is your pouch doing for you? How is life in highschool going?
Yes, I bruise like no one else I know...I just consider it normal in my life...a bruise is just bleeding under the skin (if you pierced the skin then it would bleed out)and I have always been a 'bleeder'...it is partially the NSAIDs that I take (anti-inflamatory meds for joint/muscle pain) plus a real condition...I have D'heller's-Danlos.
When I was a kid ( 15-16) they did all sorts of tests to see if there was a coagulation problem but in the end they just said that I was a 'bleeder and that there was nothing to be done for it; Just to put pressure on any wound that was bleeding or ice any bruises.
Years later they found out that I had D'Hellers-Danlos syndrom which means that my body does not manufacture enough collegene (connective tissue)...so it takes longer for me to heal, I bruise a lot (like you said, very impressive bruising) and look like a battered woman but it has no incidence on my life in the long run.
You could have a vitamin K diffenciency or some other vits and you may be anemic...you can ask your doctor to get tested to see what is 'missing' from your results but I don't know what they can do for this...if there is anything at all.
Hope that all is well in the rest of your world
Sharon

If this is the only time you've developed bigger bruises than you expected then you're probably just fine. Folks with coagulation problems will have more than one episode of bruising, and tend to have unexplained bruising. Yours is explained by pride (just a little joke) and banging your leg on a fence.

My mom was like that for awhile when I was a kid then she stopped forming big bruises. Maybe hormone related in her case since she is now in her 50s. Do you get more bruises when you have your period? Most vitamins and nutrients are absorbed in the small intestine not the colon. The colon's job is to absorb water