Pondering ‘What Can I Do To Prevent Bruising Easily And The Embarrassment Of Easy Bruising?’ We’ve got the solution!

As one gets older, easy bruising tends to be a cause for much complaint. Knowing the causes of bruising might help one to prevent bruising in later years.

Various factors contribute to easy bruising with the leading causes being dermatological steroids and spending too much time in the sun as you age. These factors cause the walls of the capillaries to get thin and get damaged more easily, causing easy bruising.

A good, complete and balanced diet could assist in combating bruising as a diet with all the necessary elements could strengthen the capillary walls and add elastin to the skin.

People that bruise easily tend to keep their nails short in order to prevent ‘stabbing’ themselves, which could cause bruising. People with many bruises tend to wear shirts with long sleeves winter and summer alike to keep the bruises hidden.

Some people that bruise easily avoid close contact with others to avoid bruising and many of them move cautiously around furniture to prevent bruises.

Sometimes bruises take on colors, such as black, blue, purple, brown or yellow. This is caused by the severity of the damage to the tissues surrounding the point of impact and the drainage of blood into the tissues. Easy bruising gets worse with age because there is less elasticin in your skin and thin skin cannot provide adequate protection for the capillaries that now will be damaged much more easily.

Thankfully, plenty can be done to fight bruising and the first thing is to strengthen your body from the inside. A proper diet is key as well as staying away from smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol, which will weaken the capillary walls.

Your diet should eliminate too much fat and take some natural targeted nutritional supplements. Be sure to follow a good exercise regime, which will strengthen your capillaries.

Bioflavonoids are mentioned frequently as an effective treatment for bruising in general. They are found in most plants, causing plants to create pigmentation and protect the plants from pests, illness and trauma. Research points to evidence that Bioflavonoids are very effective in helping our bodies respond appropriately to viruses, cancerous agents and allergens. Bioflavonoids act as anti-cancerous, anti-inflammatory and anti-allergenic agents.

More than four thousand bioflavonoids have been listed and all of them are good for the body. Previously they were simply known as Vitamin P, but findings now show that there are various different groups that all have their own specific strengths.

The main ingredient in most bioflavonoids is quercetins, which is the strongest of all. We most commonly use citrus bioflavonoids which are the most commonly used by human beings to combat easy bruising and hemorrhoids, as well as capillary permeability and varicose veins.

Proanthocyanidins or PCO’s also make an efficient treatment in helping with easy bruising is PCO’s. PCO’s are found in specific parts of certain plants such as the bark of the maritime pine or the seed of grapes.

About the Author:

Jan Doan is recognized as the only author to have written a complete reference book on bruising which allows anyone a convenient means to learn how and why they bruise, and how they can learn to avoid the embarrassment of constant bruising. You can get Section I of the new Definitive Desktop Reference Book on Bruising free by clicking here.