bruising easy

I was wondering if after you loose weight like we do. can that lead to bruising easy. I ask because the other day my dog jumped on my leg leaving a bruise on it. than when they poked me for surgery it bruised and than I was walking and hit a stick on the ground and it even left a bruise.

I never bruised like this before. Is this part of weight loss? all my blood work came back great so it is not showing in my blood work.

No it's not part of weight loss. What are your Vitamin K levels? Low Vitamin K is associated with bruising.

 I will have to have my vitamin K looked at. I have no idea what it is. But will go to my pcp and have him check it thanks.

Ditto to the vitamin K.  Do you eat enough dark green veggies?  Do you take any blood thinners regularly?  Even just a baby aspirin a day can thin your blood enough to result in easy bruising. 

Ah crap...I'm brusing like a peach too. I assumed it was my iron and such as it is usually a sign for me. I haven't had bloodwork done since 3 mo though.

Isn't VitK hard to measure tho? Anyone know?

It's just a blood test like all the others.

There are a few other vitamin deficiencies that can cause easy bruising, but Vitamin K is one that hardly anyone gets tested for and she said her labs were okay. So I assume the other culprits were tested for.

Ditto on Vitamin K.  My NUT said it isn't one that's generally checked with labs, but if I was still bruising next time they do labs, they will make sure it is checked.  I started taking Vitamin K and the brusing has improved, so guess that's what it was for me.