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This probably isn't like the questions you are used to getting on here but here goes...
I was standing on a bar stool to try and get something out of the top of a closet and of course I lost my balance the stool tipped and I fell. I have a ginormous bruise across my bone just under my knee that was deep purple and now is turning yellow along with a nice size scrape that is scabbed. It was swollen and still hurts. I have been on birth control for 9 years should I be worried about blood clots?
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I'm not sure I understand why you're asking? It sounds like you have the bruise you have not because of birth control, but because of your fall.
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I know I have the bruise because I fell. But birth control is highly more likely to cause bad blood clots. So I didn't know if I should be concerned with that bad of a bruise, because birth control can cause blood clots. You know if one lets go it can kill you.
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Do you have any of the health issues associated with blood clots and hormonal contraception? Like, are you a smoker? Any family history of blood clots? Are you overweight?
Birth control pills do indeed carry blood clots as a possible risk, but they are mostly associated with people already at a higher risk of them, like in those groups above.
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