Why older people seem to have more fragile skin? Why are the elderly seemingly more prone to bleeding from a fall than younger people?
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A partial answer is that older people tend to be on blood thinners for various reasons including the prevention of thrombosis, heart attacks, pulmonary embolisms, strokes, and so on. A side effect of blood thinning drugs is easily bruising and freely bleeding under normal conditions, for while the blood thinners help to prevent blood clots, they … interfere with the normal clotting of blood.
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