Why do girls' legs always have bruises? Pay attention to these reasons!

I want to ask you a question that has puzzled me for a long time. Do you find that your legs are always bruised? Especially around the knees, I don't remember any bumps or collisions, but there are bruises. Why is this?

What happened to the bruise on my leg?

Most bruises are normal. They are not caused by a problem with your nutrition, but because you have been injured, such as a bump, but the injury is minor and the skin is not broken, so you may not notice it.

However, although this kind of minor injury does not break your skin, it damages the blood vessels under the epidermis. The "bruise" we see is actually the color of the blood leaking out after the blood vessels are damaged. Under normal circumstances, it is easy to occur on the arms, thighs, and buttocks.

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You may have seen bruises that are blue or even brownish-yellow, and that's because over time, the color changes to more than just blue.

If your blood vessels are damaged and blood is leaking out, the first thing that appears is the red color of the red blood cells and some free oxygenated hemoglobin. Over a period of time, the red blood cells dissolve to form methemoglobin, and the color turns brown. Gradually, green (from biliverdin) and yellow (from bilirubin) appear.

Why are girls more prone to bruises?

Need I say more? Of course, girls have thin skin, and their capillaries are more easily injured. For example, when sleeping, if your legs accidentally touch the wall or table, you will see bruises when you wake up.

Boys have thicker skin and stronger defense capabilities. Their capillaries are well protected and can withstand more severe bumps.

In addition, estrogen prevents blood vessels from repairing, so girls will bleed more before the blood clots, making bruises more likely to form. For girls with fair skin, bruises will be more obvious (dark-skinned girls can get back on track).

Bruises should be blue in color, how can they be blue and purple in patches?

In fact, bruises are red when they first appear, which is the color of hemoglobin in the blood. As time goes by, the red blood cells in the bruises will be engulfed and oxidized into cyan biliverdin, and then biliverdin will be converted into orange-yellow bilirubin. So the approximate changes are: bright red → dark purple → blue-green → golden yellow. When the bruises on your body are in different stages, your bruises are colorful.

What other reasons may cause bruises?

0 1 Lack of vitamin C

Vitamin C deficiency may lead to this phenomenon. It may be just an accidental collision that you don't notice. In addition, the lack of vitamin C makes the capillaries fragile and causes bruises, which can lead to this phenomenon.

0 2 Simple purpura

We are not familiar with the name of this disease, but it has no obvious impact on health and generally can heal on its own without treatment.

0 3Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia In fact, another reason for bruises on the legs is thrombocytopenia in the body. The symptoms are blood spots on the body or bruises after a slight collision. People who often have bruises must go to the hospital to check whether it is caused by platelets.

Thrombocytopenia is very harmful and can easily lead to bleeding in the mouth and nose, dizziness and headache, severe vomiting blood, bloody stools, massive gastrointestinal bleeding and other life-threatening conditions, so you must not take it lightly.

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Source: This article is compiled from Dingxiang Doctor, Thrombocytopenia Treatment Expert, Family Doctor Online, the answer is as follows

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