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26 years
My gf has anemia,and she gets small bruising everytime she does the thigh abductor exercise machine.Is this related to anemia or is it something else?and what should we do to prevent the bruising?
Jul 30, 2014

Dr. Zakia Dimassi Pediatrics
Easy bruisability (the appearance of bruises upon the slightest trauma) is usually due to a low count of platelets (which are responsible for blood clotting) or other factors involved in blood clotting, but not anemia (which results from a decrease in the count and size of red blood cells).
In your girlfriend's case, unlessher blood test shows a llow platelet count, I think the exercise she's doing is harsh. She needs to be more careful while exercising to avoid getting those bruises.
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