Warfarin bruising

[Tinsley99]

Hi guys

I’ve been on warfarin since October last year and I’ve got a bruise that’s pretty big what’s the best action to take and how long do they last? The pictures are each day I’ve had it

 

[dick0236]

Looks like a fairly typical bruise to me and I wouldn't be concerned about it.........I've had a lot worse. It'll take a little longer to fade away than what you have been used to.......but not a lot longer

 

[DachsieMom]

Same here. I tripped when holding my dog one day and my arms and legs turned some lovely colors. It took about two weeks or so to heal.

 

[Warrick]

Yep same bruise in roughly the same place, I slipped in the shower, got a nonslip shower mat now, looks worse than it is and it went away on its own accord
Lasted a few weeks from what I remember

 

[mecretired]

I’ve been on warfarin 10 years. I really don’t think I bruise more easily but when I bruise, the bruise lasts longer—often 3 weeks.

 

[PeterII]

Yes it happens, "For me" what works to clear it is get TIGER BALM at Walgreens or any other place like it, apply it and rub it for few minutes till it gets warm, that will shrink it in hours and vanish it in a couple of days, you can do it 2/3 times a day, I always used it for sports related ones before the warfarin, same effect; give it a try, TIGER BALM

 

[Superman]

Ooh! That’s a beauty! I dropped a big piece of furniture on my foot once. That turned all sorts of pretty colors and plumped right up. Nothing broken except the skin and I retained a couple permanent scars from it. I saved pictures.

I have had quite a few of the unexplainable sort. It’s fun trying to think back and guess where they come from. I had two mirrored bruises on my inner thighs (one on each leg) show up after a recent vacation. Took some thinking, but we’re pretty sure it was a knot on a rope swing that we were enjoying along side a river. Hang on with your arms and legs and splash down as far out as you can swing! Took a week for the bruises to finally appear. There was no pain while enjoying the swing and I was in range on my INR.

 

[pellicle]

Nothing much to do but let nature take it's its course.
You'll have to reschedule the bikini modelling shoot.

 

[Superman]

Nothing much to do but let nature take it's its course.
You'll have to reschedule the bikini modelling shoot.

Nonsense! That’s what the clone brush tool in Photoshop is for!

 

[pellicle]

Nonsense! That’s what the clone brush tool in Photoshop is for!

your of course right, and anyway they usually soft filter the skin anyway (people wan't that "natural" Mattel look)

 

[Justmadi]

Anytime I do something that I know will make a bruise, I ice it right away. Seems to help, but I also know that any bruise I get lasts a long time!

 

[Tinsley99]

Looks like a fairly typical bruise to me and I wouldn't be concerned about it.........I've had a lot worse. It'll take a little longer to fade away than what you have been used to.......but not a lot longer

The thing is I don’t remember hitting it on anything at all but my doctor seems to think I have done it to myself and wouldn’t listen when I said I have no memory or banging it on anything

 

[Superman]

The thing is I don’t remember hitting it on anything at all but my doctor seems to think I have done it to myself and wouldn’t listen when I said I have no memory or banging it on anything

I have found any simple prolonged pressure can lead to that. Doesn’t necessarily have to be high impact. Do you sit on your leg with your thigh on your ankle or heel for a long period? Have a chair that puts pressure in that area? Could be anything.

 

[tom in MO]

The thing is I don’t remember hitting it on anything at all but my doctor seems to think I have done it to myself and wouldn’t listen when I said I have no memory or banging it on anything

I sometimes get bruises w/o knowing why, but I'm 62 One thing though, keep your INR in range. The higher your INR, the bigger the bruise.

 

[carolinemc]

Hi guys

I’ve been on warfarin since October last year and I’ve got a bruise that’s pretty big what’s the best action to take and how long do they last? The pictures are each day I’ve had it

I have bruises for years on warfarin. Just do not adjust dose like Tom in MO suggests. I have had small bruises and average size bruises. I rarely get a huge bruise. My mother took coated aspirins and she bruised easily. Bruising is part of the course of warfarin. We just have to monitor the bruise for any unusual changes.

 

[carolinemc]

The thing is I don’t remember hitting it on anything at all but my doctor seems to think I have done it to myself and wouldn’t listen when I said I have no memory or banging it on anything

I never remember my bumping or pinching to get a bruise, so just keep an eye on it. You will be fine.

 

[pellicle]

The thing is I don’t remember hitting it on anything at all but my doctor seems to think I have done it to myself and wouldn’t listen when I said I have no memory or banging it on anything

it doesn't matter what the doctors think (and err was this related to your drinking evening?) Oh ... did you get your agent to resched the shoot or you doing post processing on the images?