Age and bleeding

[Jessie]

Has anyone else noticed how easy it is to start bleeding from everyday scrapes as you go about the normal work around the house?
I seem to bleed like a stuck pig from screwdriver jabs, cuts from plastic, etc.
I never noticed that in my younger days or else I just ignored it.
I think my skin gets wimpy as I age

 

[Rustyt1953]

I am on blood thinners and have six cats. I live on the edge.

 

[muddocktor]

Yep, I call it old man skin. My skin has gotten thinner and more easily damaged in the last 5 years or so and I can cut or scrape it easily nowadays. I was trimming tree branches Friday and Saturday and my arms look like I've been in a fight.

 

[Rpg]

I experience the same thing: a tiny nick or scrape bleeds.

I think I’m becoming thin skinned too.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I learned long ago to always keep Superglue handy to stop bleeding. It works every time. Hospitals use it under the label Nu Skin.

 

[Deceasedeye]

It's all true, I have a bad looking arm just from scratching an itch. Old hogs and other animals get tough, old folks get tender. Go figure!

 

[Jessie]

I am on blood thinners and have six cats. I live on the edge.

Now that was funny! Sorry to laugh at your angst.

 

[Jessie]

My wife was complimenting my dinner rolls the other night and said she liked “ Crusty on the outside and soft on the inside”.
I said that’s why she liked me.
I must have it backwards

 

[pharman]

Not the same!

I learned long ago to always keep Superglue handy to stop bleeding. It works every time. Hospitals use it under the label Nu Skin.

Hey Rusty...Nu Skin is NOT the same as Superglue...Nu Skin contains an "ether like" drying agent so the bandage dries and becomes affixed over the wound...


Another item you can use to stop bleeding is styptic powder...

 

[NYlakesider]

Well I went from Coumadin to Eliquis so I tend to bleed real easy.

From what my Doctor told me years ago there are many prescription drugs that will make your skin more brittle and thusly you will bleed easy and long.

 

[Tom S.]

I spoke to my doctor about this last year. After some mechanical work on a friend's grand daughter's car, my arms looked like I had stuck them in a threshing machine. The doctor recommended vitamin D and E. She said that our skin breaks down due to exposure to the sun as we age. She also said that the baby aspirin many people are on also aids in blood flow, even if said flow is from a wound. I believe she is right about the sun, because places where I haven't been as exposed over the years as my arms have don't have these tendencies or at least are less prone.

 

[Deceasedeye]

I'm like CSI checking my bed sheets to see where I bled during the night.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

My arms look like a war map. Baby aspirin is the cause my doc said, but don't stop taking it.

 

[JohnRippert]

That and bruising. I have not hit 60 yet but any little bump seems to leave a bruise now. Constantly saying to myself, "Now what the heck did I hit to cause that?"

 

[peyton]

Dang I am glad someone else brought this up. My wife continuously asks me "How did you cut yourself" and I tell her I did not realize I even did it.
My grandsons cringe when they see me after working on the scrubs. I tell them there is nothing wrong with blood and sweat!!
Seriously, I do not take any medicine that is a blood thinner and I am more concerned to no pain associated with it.

 

[Old cop]

Yup,74 next month and my skin is thinner and sags more.

 

[Salty RI]

Sometimes I have blood running down my arm and don't know how I did it.

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[GaryS]

It's part of the aging process and some medications will make it worse.

There are some topical ointments that will help delay the onset and prevent some of the damage.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I don't know much about it. My skin seems to leak blood more easily these days, but I thought it was because I wasn't keeping my hands callused. I use gloves for almost all kinds of work except handling guns. FWIW, I take no blood thinners.

From the other posts, it sounds like old age. No problem, gloves are cheap.

 

[wingriderz]

Blood thinners for life now since 2013. Mechanical heart valve. Yes bloody real real quick.

 

[Rpg]

I learned long ago to always keep Superglue handy to stop bleeding. It works every time. Hospitals use it under the label Nu Skin.

My experience with super glue is that I get one use out of a bottle of the stuff before it either glues itself shut or dries up.

In any event, I’d need a couple dozen bottles Of the stuff to get through the month.

In place of glue and bandages, my dogs happily lick my wounds to make them stop bleeding.

 

[tops]

I can remember handling a winch line barehanded when young and now I need gloves for a cotton rope. I don't take any kind of blood thinner or aspirin. I guess it's just old age and if the outside is in that bad of shape I am led to believe the inside is just as bad. I have lived 10 and 11 years older then my grandpas and 13 years longer than dad. I attribute my long life to the habit of just keep getting up every morning. Larry

 

[Golddollar]

That and bruising. I have not hit 60 yet but any little bump seems to leave a bruise now. Constantly saying to myself, "Now what the heck did I hit to cause that?"

Same here.

Another thing that can be used for stopping bleeding is cayenne pepper. I know because I've done it. Years ago I was at the camp in northern Quebec and I cut my left little finger badly. The camp was a 45 minute drive from the nearest town that had any medical facilities. Luckily I had a bottle of cayenne pepper that I had brought for making chili. I remembered reading that Indians in South America had used cayenne pepper as an astringent for closing cuts. My uncle poured medicinal turpentine on my hand to disinfect the cut and then I poured the cayenne pepper on my hand. The pepper formed a crust and the bleeding stopped. I was able to bandage up my hand and not have to go anywhere for treatment.

I just happened to have a doctor's appointment scheduled for after I got back from Quebec. I told the story to my doctor and showed him my hand and he said, "You guys did pretty good with your backwoods medicine."

 

[tops]

On a scale of 1-10. How did the cayenne pepper feel? Larry

 

[steelslaver]

I get bruised just bumping stuff and I seem to leak a lot more and worse than I did when I was younger. My skin will tear also

I guess I am now "thin skinned"

 

[Maddog 521]

I'm in the same predicament you're in. I went to the welding supply store and bought leather sleeves to protect my arms when I prune the trees and the shrubs. They work and I wear them often.

 

[tlawler]

I wear gloves and long sleeves at work now in addition to a bump cap. Getting old and bald sucks sometimes. At least I don’t have skinned knuckles, scratched forearms and a bloody scalp when I get home anymore. PPE definitely helps, but it takes some getting used to.

 

[Grayfox]

42 years as a mechanic. Cuts and bruises were a way of life. My arms are pretty much dead to any feeling from the elbows down. If I saw blood, I'd have to stop to see where it was coming from.Most of the time the bleeding wasn't much and ended quickly.
Now I'm retired, old and thin skinned. The slightest bump leaves a bruise, the slightest scratch bleeds something terrible. I've taken a baby aspirin daily for about 20 years after a heart attack. That hasn't been too bad. But last year the Doc put me on blood thinners and now its terrible. Twice, I've gotten up in the morning just like any other day. Grabbed a kleenex to blow my nose and ended up with a nose bleed that lasted for over an hour.
This *@#! sucks!

 

[JBTrucker]

I'm in the thin skin club , get blood bruises top of hands from reaching into my pockets.

 

[SweetMK]

My mother suffered with the purple bruises on her arms,,
anything more than a slight bump, a purple bruise would show up, and stay a LONG time..

Well, now, I am old enough, and have the same issue,,
but, I have found a solution to the purple marks,,

Simply apply Vicks VapoRub once, or twice a day,,

Instead of the purple bruise showing for a week or two,,
it will be mostly GONE in a day, or two,,