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Is Bruising In The Arms And Legs Caused By Something In The Blood?

I am 69 yrs old, take a 80mg aspirin daily, for the past couple months my arms and legs bruise with the slightest bump, scrape, touch. These are big purple bruises. When I wash dishes my hands end up with multiple bruises. Is there a test to see if something in my blood is causing this bruising. I m wearing long sleeves in the summer because these look so bad. Thank you for your help.
Thu, 28 Jul 2016
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Its a side effect of aspirin. Aspirin causes easy bruising. Kindly review your treating physician for optimizing the dose of aspirin or whether it needs to be continued or not. Thank you for contacting HCM.
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Is Bruising In The Arms And Legs Caused By Something In The Blood?

Hi Its a side effect of aspirin. Aspirin causes easy bruising. Kindly review your treating physician for optimizing the dose of aspirin or whether it needs to be continued or not. Thank you for contacting HCM.