Hi MaryAnn, Damage to a blood vessel can cause bruising-discoloration reaction in the area, and a clot could be a an internal reaction to a bruising of the vessel, too; comme-si, comme-sa, huh?. It needn't be a bursting of the vessel, just a bit of leakage into the tissues would give a reaction. You mentioned that the pain and -I think discoloration - continued on down to the forearm? That's kind of worrisome; anything continuing downstream in or associated with a vessel would worry me.
It sounds kinda ridiculous to even suggest blood poisoning, - but stripes following the vessels - hmm. So if it were that you'd already know by now, right? Regarding clots, they need not form complete blockage but if they impaired the circulation they could engender irritation . . . But as I said this is all speculation on my part, and I don't even have a 'license to speculate'; go to a pro. Take care, Malcolm On Sun, 2009-05-31 at 08:59 -0700, MaryAnn Helland wrote: > Thanks to the people who replied to this. I'll respond to each: > > Day -- yes, and I do bruise easily, normally. This just seemed to be > something entirely different. I haven't been taking my Vit. C -- I'll > do better on that score. And I will check out Linus Pauling's > website. Thanks. > > Annie -- I have also broken a blood vessel before, and you're right -- > it hurts a lot. This was just so odd that the bruise followed the > vein first -- and caused pain further on down the arm. Perhaps you're > right that the vein burst somehow -- but I don't understand why the > bruise would first be a little ribbon, and then spread out like a > regular bruise. I suppose it would be prudent to see a doc. I've > been wracking my brain trying to remember if I somehow injured that > arm. Seems like I'd remember, doesn't it? > > Malcolm -- sorry that I wasn't clear about that -- I do sleep with my > head on a pillow, but with my arm outstretched underneath the pillow. > Even with the pillow in place, my arm couldn't tolerate the weight of > my head over that area. Even as of last night, it was still > uncomfortable and I had to find another position for my arm. And I > suppose it could have been a clot. Would that cause bruising though? > I suppose it might if the clot caused a vein to burst. Wouldn't say > much for the relative health of my veins, would it. :-( > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > From: Day Sutton <day.sut...@gmail.com> > To: silver-list@eskimo.com > Sent: Saturday, May 30, 2009 9:09:49 AM > Subject: Re: CS>A puzzle............. > > easy bruising is a sure sign of a vit c deficiency. do a google > search. Also check out Linus Paulings website.. > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 10:02 AM, Annie <anniebsmy...@gmail.com> > wrote: > Bruising is caused by blood leaking into the surrounding > tissues. And the blood can come from a lot of different > places..It may be that a weak vein just gave way. Kind of like > an anuerism, just not in your head. I would definitely have > your medical professional of choice check it out. If it had > been an artery you would have been in some serious trouble. > Artery pressure is much much higher than the BP in veins. > Arterial blood is being pumped from the heart to the body so > it's under much more pressure. Veins return the blood to the > heart. That's why folks get varicose veins, the little valves > in the blood vessels of the legs get less effecient, and blood > pools in the tiny veins, and the veins bulge out. > > My aunt started developing varicose veins, so I did some > research about them online, to see if I could find something > to help reduce them. And I found all kinds of interesting > stuff. > > I've hit my fingers on things and burst a vein before. And It > does hurt. Not just the blow, but the burst vessel, it stings > and aches for days, and the skin around it turns > blue/black/purple. > > Annie > > On Fri, May 29, 2009 at 10:29 AM, MaryAnn Helland > <marmar...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > An odd thing happened to me this week. Tuesday night > when I went to bed, I felt a sharp pain in my left arm > -- high on the inside about midway between the > shoulder and elbow. I ordinarily rest my head on the > inside of my arm to sleep, and this was painful enough > to disallow that. On Wednesday morning, I had a > bruise along the artery there, running down to and > including the inside of the elbow -- and the top of my > forearm was painful to the touch. I > *lased* (low-level-light laser) the place on my arm > where the original pain was (which was still painful > to the touch). By Thursday, the pain was pretty much > gone, but the bruise had spread to generous > proportions -- almost all of the inside of my upper > arm. Today the pain is still gone and the bruise is > beginning to lighten. But here's the puzzle -- the > whole thing was pretty much spontaneous. I don't > remember doing anything that could cause an injury -- > much less something as painful as that, or to cause > that kind of bruising. I sensed that it was the > artery itself that was hurting. Is that possible? > Can arteries (or veins) *hurt*? Anybody have any idea > what the heck that was all about? I'm not one to run > to the doctor quickly -- I'm inclined to wait a day or > two and see what develops. But I don't want to > be stupid either. Of course, if it happened again, > I'd go see my doctor immediately. But I was hoping > that someone might have some insight. TIIA. > MA > > > > > -- > Day Sutton > day.sut...@gmail.com > -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com Address Off-Topic messages to: silver-off-topic-l...@eskimo.com The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@eskimo.com>
