A bruise occurs when small blood vessels rupture while the skin is fully intact, causing blood to leak into surrounding tissues. It is also known as a contusion. As the hemoglobin in the blood ...

A cancer charity has urged individuals to monitor any unexplained bruising and to seek medical advice if they experience key symptoms that are often overlooked or mistaken for minor issues.

leading to bleeding underneath the skin. The bruise itself is discoloration from the blood trapped under the skin’s surface. Bruising after a blood draw may be due to bleeding under the skin ...

If you’ve recently overdone it at the gym, you may develop bruises around the affected muscles. When you strain a muscle, you injure muscle tissue deep under the skin. This can cause blood ...

To get a bruise, you have to be hit by something or you have to run into something. When this happens, small blood vessels are broken and bleed. Because there’s no cut in the skin above them ...

When someone hits you -- or you bump into something hard -- it can break the small blood vessels beneath your skin. That’s where a bruise forms. This happens because the blood leaks out and has ...

Your dietary choices might be painting those bruises on your skin. Several key nutrients play crucial roles in maintaining blood vessel integrity and proper clotting function – their absence ...

Most bruises happen when small blood vessels, called capillaries, near the surface of the skin are broken because of the impact of an injury — for example, bumping into a hard surface.

Bruising easily can be a signal from your body that it needs certain nutrients for stronger blood vessels and skin resilience. While some people are naturally more prone to bruising due to their ...

MIKE Peters, frontman of Welsh rock band The Alarm, has died from blood cancer aged 66. The star battled blood cancer for 30 years, following his diagnosis of lymphoma in 1995. He was later ...