Phantom bruises

Barring that it's probably just standard bumps and scraps with delayed bruising. My legs are always covered in scratches and cuts I can't place or explain.

If you're concerned, get your *kitten* to the doctors hunni!!! Some people bruise easily, others don't, sometimes its accidental bumps, it could be a deficency, it could be owt....... so go get checked out please hun n put your mind at ease (n ours)xx

Spontaneous bruising may indicate a medical condition. See your doctor.

could well be anemia. common thing for lots of people, especially those who avoid red meat. Have your iron levels checked and supplement as advised by your doc.

If you regularly take aspirin, ibuprofen or similar over the counter medications this can cause very easy bruising. Some birth control pills can cause easy bruising. There are also inherited conditions that cause easy bruising. Some vitamins and other similar things, especially fish oil and the like can do the same. What ever it can be your doctor needs to do blood work and figure it out. Some of the medical reasons are too scary to mention and I won't because most are too rare to automatically jump to that conclusion without proper tests. In other words Don't put this off

I have chronic anemia, and excess/unexplainable bruising is how I know I'm getting too low in iron. Bruising is sometimes delayed, so they're not from bumps in the night so much as the day or so before. Simple things like my handbag bumping my leg while I'm walking will leave me mottled when I'm bad. Definitely see a doctor seeing as you've changed your diet, get your bloods done, just so you can work out what areas of your nutrition might need to pay attention to as you go :flowerforyou:

Edit: Also, if you do find it's iron from the tests, research a little; if you want to absorb any of what you ingest you need to have vitamin C with it to aid the process.

Easy bruising is a sign of iron deficiency, so if you have recently gone vegan, it's highly likely you need a supplement. I was iron deficient and would get bruises from the most minor bumps.

Spontaneous bruising may indicate a medical condition. See your doctor.

This!

And in for spinach!

I keep getting what I am calling phantom bruises I will go to sleep and nothing will be there wake up and I can have a lot of bruises all over my legs. I am not getting hurt in any way I am not sure how it could be happening. Has this happened to anyone else? I am sure it has lol What was the problem?

i agree that you should see your doctor about it. Unexplained bruising could be a medical condition that you're unaware of. do you notice that you bleed easily, say, when you're brushing your teeth?

My first thought was that it was an iron deficiency. You should see your doctor. Zinc can also help heal bruising. Spinach is good, but it's not going to be enough for iron deficiency. Red Cross has a good list of iron rich foods. Eat iron along with vitamin c. Some things that inhibit the absorption of non-heme iron are: dairy, calcium, tea, coffee, antioxidants (except vitamin c helps). So, you can still have all that stuff (well, except dairy, since you are vegan), just not in the same meal as your iron foods (when trying to correct an iron deficiency).