<<Disclaimer: Verify this information before applying it to your situation.>> All my life I've seemed to bruise so easily (black and blue marks). Sometimes it is obvious why -- I bumped myself on the edge of the coffee table or the car door, etc., but many times there doesn't seem to be any reason I can identify in terms of clumsiness or minor mishap. This may be far out, but I'm wondering if there might be any connection with CD? Do we have a tendency to bruise more easily, and is there a reason unrelated to any external cause? Has anyone else noticed this about themselves? I was thinking it could be related to a vitamin deficiency (possibly vitamin C ?), since we tend to have malabsorption problems. I do take between 500-1000 mg vitamin C daily, but it doesn't seem to help. Thank you. Barrie in GA