Getting beyond paranoid

[respectfulhusband021079]

I'm a husband and father of 2 beautiful girls. My wife has been getting mild bruises on her inner thighs and really dark bruises on her legs. I've seen  bruises on her arms- like she has been handled. I ask her about them and she has no idea were they come from and gets very defensive anytime I ask about them. She once said that she is embarrassed and that's why she gets defensive. She is a habitual marijuana smoker and I guess my question is.... Can her use of marijuana cause the sensitivity of her skin?

[NT77]

Low platelet count manifests itself first as little tiny red dots, much like fingernails would leave if you sctratch one spot too much. Then if platelets drop more, dots will increase up to 2 mm in size. By the time bruises develop, the situation is critical, and internal bleeding on some of the organs is more then likely.

[Anonymouse88]

Sounds more like a clotting problem.  She should get her blood tested to see if she has low platelets.  If you can't clot properly, small bangs and bumps rupture capillaries, and you bleed enough for it to show as a bruise, where normally you'd be fine.  Does anyone in her family have a clotting disorder?

[silverfox67]

Sounds like anemia.  She needs to see a doctor because there are several types of anemia - B and iron are only two...  Her blood is too thin for some reason.