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Gastroenterology (Expert Forum)
Hepatitis re: I appear to be bruising easily.
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Hepatitis re: I appear to be bruising easily.
by question asker, Dec 04, 2002 12:00AM
if someone bites you, like kinda hard is it common for that to develop into a bruise or would you say youre "bruising easily"? The reason I ask is I think I may have Hepatitis C, and one of the symptoms of that is easy bruising and this girl bit me the other day, she didnt draw blood but she bit me kinda hard and now I've got this yellow bruise right where she bit me. I'm just wondering if other people bruise this easily or if this sounds abnormal.
If you have low platelets, it would show on a simple blood test ("Platelet Count")
It would also show up on another simple blood test ("PT") (Prothrombin Time)
In other words----
Hepatitis can cause low platelet counts.
Low platelet counts can cause a high prothrombin time.
A high prothrombin time = easy bruising