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Unexplained bruising after donating blood
Hi everyone!
I am a 5'9", 123 lb, 22 year old female. I donated blood for the first time on June 19th. Everything went fine, and all of my vital stats were good. They used a vein in my elbow ditch, and they did not dry stick me.
Yesterday, I noticed a cluster of bruises, ranging in size and darkness, on my left calf. This is obviously no where near the place they drew blood from. I have not injured myself, especially 10+ times (the number of bruises.) The only thing I can thing of is that I tuck that leg under me when I sit down.
I've never experienced anything like this before and I can't find anything on the internet. Has anyone had this happen before? Am I deficient in something? (I take iron, calcium, zinc, vitamin c, a b-complex, and a multivitamin daily.)I prefer to try to figure things out myself before seeing a doctor.
Thank you!!
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The internet is a plethora of information. I went there to check and here is one site that explains it.
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In essence, its some leakage of blood from the blood vessel that blood was taken from, leaking into the surrounding area cause a bruise to be seen and is nothing to worry about.
But since your bruises occur elsewhere on the body, either yu bumped your leg in the same time frame and were totally unaware of it or it may be something for the Doctors to check out.
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