Bruise Easily

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Easy bruising

• Cirrhosis of the liver

  A condition where normal liver is permanently damaged and replaced with scar issue. There are many different causes including infections, alcohol abuse and diabetes.

• Malabsorption syndrome / protein losing gastroenteropathy

  A condition where the intestines cannot absorb or reabsorb protein well, resulting in low blood protein levels. This causes symptoms like water retention in the legs, lungs and abdomen.

• von Willebrand disease (vWD)

  vWD is a blood disorder that impairs blood clotting. In people with vWD, a protein called von Willebrand factor either does not function properly, or insuffecient. It's a genetic condition that occurs due to inheriting an abnormal gene that codes for the production of von Willebrand factor in the body.

• Portal hypertension
• Erythema infectiosum (Slapped cheek syndrome)
• Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
• Amyloidosis
• Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)

• Leukemia

  Leukemia is a cancer of the body's blood cell-forming tissues. Blood cells circulate in our bloodstream and are created and matured in the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. Leukemia involves white blood cells and lymphatic cells and is of several types. The cancerous cells are produced in excess and do not function normally. Leukemias can be aggressive and cause symptoms or chronic and smolder for years.

• Malaria