Aneurysms
Aneurysms may be tender to the touch and may cause excruciating, boring pain. I have felt aortic aneurisms by laying my fingertips lightly just above the belly button. High blood pressure can cause pulsing, but with an aneurysm you can often feel a pounding pulse that is just not normal. I noticed, with my vascular challenge that I had lots of nosebleeds as a child and I bruised very easily. I remember going for a check-up once. The doctor looked at my bruised body (it was summer, and I had been doing a lot of gardening,) and asked me, “Is everything OK at home?” As if my husband was beating me!