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My divan does suck ass

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[–] DisOne@lemmy.zip 17 points 2 weeks ago

Sometimes from knocks that seem minor to your brain, but they just bust a small blood vessel inside - enough to give a little bruise.

I most often see them when moving boxes around, especially heavy boxes. The next day you see a few and don’t even remember hitting that part of you.

One thing that helps remind me where I got a bruise is pressing the centre of the bruise. The resulting pain links back to the pain you got at the time. I don’t recommend this though coz it hurts

[–] riskable@programming.dev 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Go to the doctor!

Random, mysterious bruising can be caused by a lot of things. From diabetes to split personality disorder.

[–] jjagaimo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Or carbon monoxide poisoning making you forget

[–] k0e3@lemmy.ca -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It could also be a low level curse of some sort, so go see a local wizard as well. In Japan, those aren't covered by the National health insurance though so check your local regulations.

[–] subignition@fedia.io 2 points 2 weeks ago

We're off to see the Wizard, the wonderful Wizard of Wa.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 2 weeks ago

If you can afford it, get a WBC test.

[–] BillDaCatt@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you have a dog? My dog like to crash into me when he is playing.

Other possibilities are bumping into chairs or tables as you walk by.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Thats plausible i probably bump into my divan

[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

pressure? varicose veins kind of thing. one time i was feeling a tingly sensation and stinging painon one of my finger i could not see any bruising, but apparently the blood vessels kinda ruptured somehow, but i dont remember hitting anything. apparently they can just burst from pressure and cause a bruise without hitting something, or lightly hititng something.

Also i have this wierd bruise that appeared around the time my atopic dermatitis flares to, apparently theres inflammation related bruising.(it only flared one other time in '16).

of course there are systemic causes, but those are usually more, requiring a DR to diagnosis.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago

I dont have any of thos

[–] aramis87@fedia.io 8 points 2 weeks ago

Bags of groceries, using your legs to hold doors open, bumping crossbars under tables, etc.

[–] RBWells@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I often knock into something, yell "fuck!" because it hurts, then immediately forget about it when it stops hurting.

If you are like that, no worries, maybe a little more mindfulness.

If you mean something like Trump, big bruises on your hand spontaneously? Go to a doctor, please.

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I wonder if cursing sparingly but only during painful stuff actually activates the endogenous opioid system more to provide analgesia to the pain

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

There have been MRI studies that show swearing reduces pain response in the brain.

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7204505/

[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Is that benefit attenuated by prophylactic opioid antagonist?

[–] expatriado@lemmy.world 7 points 2 weeks ago

sleepwalking

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 6 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

I have been questioning whether or not I chipped my shin bone on a shopping cart. I noticed this hard, but free floating lump around my shin where I had smacked it against the underside of a shopping cart not that long ago. It doesn't hurt and I can move it around inside my body like it's not attached to anything, and there's also a divet in the bone on that leg that isn't on the other. Again, it doesn't hurt at all tho and in my experience, a broken, chipped or cracked bone is the most painful thing I have ever experienced so there's no way it can be that... right?

[–] Raiderkev@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I did this on when I slipped out on a box snowboarding. My shin straight up has little peaks and valleys from bone chips that presumably came lose that day and relocated and I'm guessing eventually healed / just fused into their new spot? It hurt like a bitch at the time, but I knew I didn't break it and never went to the DR about it. It must look real interesting on an X ray. Now if I slide the skin up and down on my shin you can see all the chips. I don't have any pain from it, just a weird injury with a bit of a story to tell.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Not recently no

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 7 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I think they'd go for a little more than just mild brusing, which, hell, cant even blame em. Dis booty toofiiiiine

[–] tanisnikana@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

My legs would like to know this question.

Actually they prolly just get whacked with my own cane fairly often.

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

No

  • no genetic occurrence or history of diabetes
  • underweight if anything
  • generally avoid sugar or otherwise minimize it
  • no other positive symptoms

I'd sooner suspect Lupus

[–] Birch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] sopularity_fax@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago