@cad43
Blood thinners like Eliquis, Xarelto, others, cause very easy bruising from very small to quarter size and double that. My larger ones can take weeks to months to completely disappear. They are mostly from back of hands to my elbows. Very bothersome and unsightly side effect.
Cardiology insisted I take them since my Afib diagnosis five years ago. Afib patients are required to take blood thinners to prevent strokes from possible clots formed in the heart.
I also am somewhat anemic since having Car-T therapy over two years ago and the “bruising” from either blood thinners has become much worse. The other day I got a large hematoma on the back of my hand not even noticing that I bumped anything! I had to visit the ER which tightly bound the increasing hematoma to stop its growth and flatten it.
That has became a large bruise covering the complete back of my hand up to my wrist bone and lower parts of my fingers. It’s a worrisome increase. I tried to reach my diagnosing cardiology about it without success. Therefore my primary care doctor reduced the dose to Eliquis vs full dose because of my anemic situation. I have yet to relay that reduced dose to either my cardiology mgr or hematologist. I am now more concerned about having a serious bleeding episode.