What is bleeding into the skin?
When a blood vessel bursts, a small amount of blood escapes from the vessel
into the body. This blood may show up just beneath the surface of the skin.
Blood vessels can burst for many reasons, but it usually happens as a result of
an injury.
What causes bleeding into the skin?
Common causes of bleeding into the skin are:
- injury
- allergic reaction
- infections of the blood
- autoimmune disorders
- birth
- bruises
- medication side effects
- chemotherapy side effects
- radiation side effects
- normal process of aging
- meningitis, an inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
- leukemia, a cancer of the blood cells
- strep throat, a bacterial infection that causes a sore throat
- sepsis, a body-wide inflammatory response to bacterial infection
- pain in the area of bleeding
- significant bleeding from an open wound
- a lump over the bleeding into the skin
- darkening of the skin affected
- swelling in the extremities
- bleeding gums, nose, urine, or stool
Part 3 of 5: Diagnosis
How a doctor determines the cause of bleeding into the skin
If you develop bleeding into the skin with no known cause or that doesn’t go
away, contact your doctor immediately, even if the patches of blood are not
painful.
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