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Is this a concerning amount of bruises?

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MummaHud · 29/10/2025 19:17

My daughter is 5 and she is always ON the go, it’s been half term and she’s like the Duracell bunny…

she has no other symptoms but I always worry bruises like this are something to be worried about? AIBU worrying?

Is this a concerning amount of bruises?
Is this a concerning amount of bruises?
Is this a concerning amount of bruises?
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LotsOfSmallThings · 29/10/2025 21:35

YABU OP but meant nicely! As everyone else has said, nothing to be worried about there, totally normal kid legs - IMO her level of bruises is a sign she’s out and about, running around, doing stuff a kid her age should do 😊 my DD actually did have leukaemia and there was NO doubt that it was far beyond a normal level of bruising - I’ll find you a pic for comparison. DD is 7 now, finished treatment and totally fine, all better, but incredibly clumsy and her legs look worse than your DD’s most of the time 🤣 and I’m not worried!

Endofyear · 29/10/2025 21:32

Looks pretty normal for a 5 year old kid to me.

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MummaHud · 29/10/2025 21:29

TheZanyZebra · 29/10/2025 21:27

You should see my kids, now that's a lot of bruises 😂

Your kid is 5, presumably she's not left alone all day, you can see what she's actually doing and who she's with? How can you be concerned when you are right there?

I’m not worried about what she’s doing or who she is with. I’m worried about Blood disorders & scary things like that…. Not anything else. I have health anxiety ( which I don’t need to be told about myself, I’m already under the GP for medication), so I naturally worry about scary health things, after my extremely premature poorly baby & health scares myself in the past.

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Tagyoureit · 29/10/2025 21:29

@MummaHud keep an eye out obviously but try not to get too worried. If you think of how many times a day the tears come along over a bump/fall etc then those bruises do add up.

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MummaHud · 29/10/2025 21:28

As in hypermobility, my daughter isn’t very flexible though.. I never would’ve put her forward for being hypermobile but In all honestly I do not know much about it and what does / doesn’t contribute to being hypermobile.

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TheZanyZebra · 29/10/2025 21:27

You should see my kids, now that's a lot of bruises 😂

Your kid is 5, presumably she's not left alone all day, you can see what she's actually doing and who she's with? How can you be concerned when you are right there?

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MummaHud · 29/10/2025 21:25

Tagyoureit · 29/10/2025 21:21

My dd5 is also covered in bruises but then she always jumping, hanging off things, falling down, tripping over her feet, falling off the scooter because she went too fast, falling off her bike because shes still learning to ride.

She is more clumsy when shes had a growth spurt, ive noticed, like she needs time to adjust to her new found length.

Thank you. I do remember last Friday she fell over onto some grovel at a farm and landed on her knees and she cried very loudly bless her, and then she caught her scooter tyre on a curb on Sunday and fell over too. Perhaps it’s just a mix of those two things and the bruises have all come out at once.

funnily enough, she seems like she’s got taller and more like a runner bean over the half term, her energy is like a Duracell bunny.. so hopefully it is something as simple as learning her new found lengthy legs!

I’ll see the GP about my health anxiety aswell, as it seems to creep in with my Seasonal Affective Disorder. I always feel so so so anxious especially around health in the darker wet winter months!

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WiddlinDiddlin · 29/10/2025 21:25

Bruising looks pretty normal, I was an active tree climbing, rock scrambling, go kart building kid, mine were way worse...

I was also un dx Ehlers Danlos - your kiddos knees meet, she's also looking like her knees are hyperflexed backward, and her arches non existant - all signs that others are picking up on as hyper mobile. I'd get her gait checked out and some sort of support for that as whilst its probably not noticable to her now it will cause pain later.

Tagyoureit · 29/10/2025 21:21

My dd5 is also covered in bruises but then she always jumping, hanging off things, falling down, tripping over her feet, falling off the scooter because she went too fast, falling off her bike because shes still learning to ride.

She is more clumsy when shes had a growth spurt, ive noticed, like she needs time to adjust to her new found length.

Pranksters · 29/10/2025 20:45

I expected her to be covered! That really isn’t that many bruises. They’re perfectly normal bruises.

HarryVanderspeigle · 29/10/2025 20:43

She looks less bruised than me on an average day. Pale skin shows more bruising.

How are people looking at her and thinking hypermobility? Interested as both my kids are hypermobile, but I didn't know there were tells from standing straight.

TheatricalLife · 29/10/2025 20:39

They look better than mine! I constantly look battered and bruised, nothing sinister going on. Even a light knock causes a bruise. Looks totally normal to me OP.

ToKittyornottoKitty · 29/10/2025 20:38

No, that’s really not many bruises for her age

RosesAndHellebores · 29/10/2025 20:37

I agree with the hypermobility observations. It also looks as though she has flat feet and if she is hypermobile, some orthotics sooner rather than later may help keep her knees and hips aligned to avpid aches and pains later.

They don't look bad bruises.

TardisDweller · 29/10/2025 20:37

Pleatherandlace · 29/10/2025 20:29

Doesn’t look like that many bruises to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

I agree, I was expecting lots!

pimplebum · 29/10/2025 20:35

MummaHud · 29/10/2025 19:48

The first… I don’t think my doctor will offer a blood test 😢 they’re just on her shins / knees

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lukekimia bruises are larger purpler and do not fade and disappear and are all over and don’t hurt when pressed

are you normally so anxious ? I mean this kindly Maybe book a dr appointment for yourself

Pleatherandlace · 29/10/2025 20:29

Doesn’t look like that many bruises to me 🤷🏼‍♀️

FeedMeSantiago · 29/10/2025 20:29

I bruise very easily (hypermobile EDS) and my legs have always had bruises like that. I'm also dyspraxic.

Your DD looks like she may be hypermobile based on the bend of her knees IMO. That could explain the bruising. Does she have other signs of hypermobility?

Zanatdy · 29/10/2025 20:25

Perfectly normal in my opinion, especially on knees / legs. Assume she’s in good health otherwise? Friends DS got leukemia and he stopped walking for a few weeks before diagnosis as it caused him pain (he was 3 I think).

JLou08 · 29/10/2025 20:11

That looks normal to me. Very common place for bruising and the bruises don't look sinister.

Bushmillsbabe · 29/10/2025 20:05

Any other symptoms? Agree with others that she looks hypermobile

My daughter bruises very easily, and very active, possibly hyperactive. Both symptoms are linked to her being coeliac. I dread summer when she wears shorts and dresses as her legs look terrible. Standard places for bruises, but looks so much worse than her friends

This could be completely normal. Or a sign of something.

TardisDweller · 29/10/2025 19:59

They just look like classic little girl legs, dd was always the same, though I think her legs were actually worse than your dd's!

miniworry · 29/10/2025 19:58

OP- ive been there and if you search back on my previous posts I actually wrote one almost identical to you. So many bruises but all in bony areas like your DD. Anyway we took her for a private blood test even though the peads doctor wasn't concerned it was for my piece of mind. She was absolutely fine, just bruises easily because she's pale- is your daughter pale.

He also told me that many many more symptoms for leukaemia show before the bruising that would tell you something is off, if she's eating, gaining weight, no night sweats and playing happily I wouldn't be concerned at all.

Girliefriendlikespuppies · 29/10/2025 19:57

That is a normal amount of bruises ime, my dds legs were worse at that age.

Waitaminutewheresmejumper · 29/10/2025 19:57

Agree with pp, she looks like she's hyper mobile. I am and I'm always covered in bruises as is DD.