Q. Why am I getting bruises on my legs often?
Hi doctor,
I keep getting bruises on both of my legs and they are in different colors. I have not banged recently and I do not know the reason. What can it be? I am regularly using an inhaler for asthma.
Hi,
Welcome to icliniq.com.
- Easy bruisability is not an uncommon complaint and has multiple causes for it.
- As a baseline, you would need to undergo a panel of investigations to know regarding the status of your bleeding and clotting profile.
- Reasons can vary from simple normal skin tendency to vitamin C deficiency, excessive and prolonged use of steroids (even a few inhalers for asthma have a combination with steroids) and mental stress.
- A few appear like striae too, so kindly review if you have similar lesions on your lower abdomen, arms and thighs (attachment removed to protect patient identity).
- Do not panic even though the bruises appear alarming and go ahead with the basic investigations suggested below.
Investigations to be done:
Complete hemogram wit peripheral smear, bleeding time, clotting time, prothrombin time, APTT with INR (activated partial thromboplastin time with an international normalized ratio).
Differential diagnosis:1) Gardner-Diamond syndrome (rare condition with painful bruising).
2) Long term use of steroids.
3) Normal skin tendency.
Thrombophob ointment (Heparin Sodium) for local application twice daily.
Regarding follow up:Revert back with the reports to a dermatologist online.---> https://www.icliniq.com/ask-a-doctor-online/dermatologist
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