New York City is an expensive place to live for just about everyone, including prisoners. The city paid $167,731 to feed, house and guard each inmate last year, according to a study the Independent Budget Office released this week.
Sudden unexplained bruising or blood spots under the skin or a sudden increase in the frequency of bruising may be caused by: 1  A medicine, such as aspirin or blood thinners (anticoagulants).  Infection that causes the buildup of toxin in the blood or tissues (sepsis).
In either case deficient platelet function can lead to excessive bleeding. The most common result is for blood to leak slowly from minute tears in the smallest blood vessels (capillaries), causing bright or dark red pinpoint-size hemorrhages, called petechiae, to appear on the skin.