Not sure if anyone will know the answer to this?

Is it possible to hurt the skin/flesh on your limbs by bruising them in such a way that you will get ongoing problems?

Everytime Dougie gets a kick or knock on his right shin it swells up to melon-like proportions and he will get a big bruise afterwards. This has happened about 5 or 6 times this year. He also says that his leg is pretty much always sore and he feels like he has a bruise there most of the time. It doesn't seem to be only when he has very low platelets.

When the same knocks happen on his left leg, he might get a bruise but he doesn't get the serious swellling. All of this has only happened since last Christmas when he really badly knocked his leg, followed by a lot of swelling and then cellulitis.

Just wondered if anyone had any ideas?

Thanks, Ali

Cellulitis damages the lymph ducts so maybe it's that. Try googling "cellulitis and lymphoedema" and see if it sounds relevant.

Thanks Ann, Hmmmm, I hadn't thought of that and some of the descriptions might fit.

It isn't all the time, just when he gets a knock to his leg, but I've kept thinking that the swelling too big to be just blood. I'm going to ask the doctor next time we go, because its almost becoming more of a problem to him than the ITP is!