Hi... I am a66 year old woman. I have always bruised easily. But I have several clusters of bruises on my left arm. There are also a couple larger ones. The problem is, that unlike other bruise (ie 3 I got camping in early Sept.), these do not go away. They might fade a little but come back sstrong. Along wit this, my right arm, from shoulder down is really painful. My poor husband thinks I might have serious heart issues. (I have a leaky valve heart murmur from rheumatic fever) or he thinks I have some type of blood dor skin disease. I did see my MD. He did blood panel. Some elements were a little high or a little low but nothing drastic. He said it may happen because my skin and vessels are thinning out as I age, so I bruise even easier than before. I get that, but why won t they go away after almost 3 months? And does the pain in my arm have any thing to do with it? Sorry this is so long.