Odd bruising

Hey guys,

Diagnosed with lyme and bartonella less than 2 weeks ago though I've had them for ~6 months. One odd symptom that I recently noticed is easy/delayed bruising. When I say easy, I mean that I have unexplained scratches and minor scabs, particularly on the lower legs. Can follow up with a pic if it'd be helpful. When I say delayed, I bumped my forearm while moving a piece of furniture on Thursday night and only noticed a yellowish colored mark on the spot today. Moreover, I did not bump the piece of furniture very hard and I'm surprised how sensitive it still is.

Anyone else have experiences with this kind of thing? I ask mainly because I wanna be diligent to make sure that my LLMD didn't miss something (eg Babesia, Ehrlichiosis, etc)

I bruised like crazy when I was first sick. Every little bump - just as you say, not even hard and I would get a bruise. When I went to get my blood drawn - forget it, my entire arm would turn purple. I read up about it later on when I found out it was lyme, but I can remember the specific mechanism as to why this happened...

I bruise SO easily, so this is normal. Every little bump will turn into a bruise. I have lyme, babesia and bartonella.

Hi, my daughter has Bartonella and that was one of her symptoms. Bruising all along shins and knees, appearing all of a sudden and taking a while to retreat.
I found that for her they appear a few days before the full and new moon especially and that is when the bacteria is active. Also if I rub asap silver gel on them they tend to go away faster.
She also had lesions that would start out as bumps and turn into scabs or sores. Thankfully those have cleared up.
We have heard that a protozoa sort of like babesia often "hangs out" Under the biofilm with bart and in her case strep and is important to eradicate also. So then antiparasitic as well.
She is taking the Buhner protocols for lyme, bart and babs as well as clindamycin pulsed during the moon cycles when her symptoms are the worst. Still sick but improving.
We plan to add some South American herbs that deal with parasites and malarial soon to see if we can treat whatever is causing her fevers.

I think it just has a lot to do with these infections. I had only Lyme when I got reinfected and found myself bruising quite easily again.

Hi Snocouchs!
Welcome to our community! I'm so glad you found us.

As Girlie suggested, if you haven't ​yet​, it would be helpful for you to start with reading through the thread at the top of the forum titled,"New to Lyme?...Start here!!", as it is packed full of important information, symptom lists, helpful links and pdf's, how to detox when one has these infections, information on probiotics and much more. And this is another good list of possible detoxing routines: www.tiredoflyme.com/detox-methods.html