Two times now I have bump my leg on a night stand in my bedroom and made a bruise both times, the funny thing about it is that it took like 6 months before the first one disappeared the second time the bruise has lasted almost a year. The bruise isn't to dark now but I can still see it and theres no pain but my question is should I worry about this? I have tried to look it up in the computer for info but I haven't come across anything similar to my bruising. I don't go to the doctor to often because other than, HBP and mild depression which I take meds. for I have been pretty healthy Thank God and knock on wood, because I'm almost 50 years old and want to stay healthy. Has any one experience this?
Thanks to everyone who responded to my request I will have my doctor check my blood for diabetes because that does run in my family history although I have been check before but it's been awhile back.Maybe I should move that night stand, that would help,too!L.O.L.Let me just also say that I love mama source because I feel that I have so many friends out there and everyone is willing to help in anyway they can,I don't feel alone anymore and I also want to Thank my good friend who invited me here. Thank you Paula P. God Bless.I will let everyone know what my doctor finds.
It could be something as serious at diabetes, or something as simple as low iron in your blood. I would simply have a blood test to determine the cause.
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You need to go to the doctor. It could be a side effect of your meds, or something worse. My dad has a bruise from a varicose vein that broke and the bruise is over 1 year old. He has been to the doctor and it's nothing serious, but you need to find out for sure.
Hi. My name is J. Ferguson. I am 45 years old, and I know sometimes healing takes longer than it used to, but it sounds like it's something more. I always keep my ears open about medical stuff and possible causes for things and solutions. You may want to ask the pharmacist about your HBP meds and the possible side effects. If that is the cause, see if it can be changed. Blood pressure medication tends to give a lot of people a variation of problems. I know a teacher who started taking some new BP meds. She had constant headaches and nausea for months until she got it changed. Her dr. changed it and now watches more carefully what he gives her. Anyway, start there. If it's not your meds, maybe you can ask your doctor to test you for either diabetes (God forbid) or to see how thin your blood is. Good luck. Let me know what you find out.
Someone I know had the same thing on her shin and it turned out she had a form a TB that does not affect the lungs but the blood stream (I think). All she has had to do was rub a steroid cream on her leg until it disappeared. The down side for her was that she was only 25 and had to stop breastfeeding her 1 month-old in order to use the cream. Her bruise went away shortly after she started using the cream. Good luck.
D.
T., don't forget to move that nightstand!
(or get a nightlight)
LOL
