
Dark Red Area On Knuckles, Not Swollen Or Painful. No Injury. What Is It?

Dear,
Thanks for the query.
It indeed looks like a bruise from the description.
Can you load a photo of it here using the site's uploader? It will make it simple.
Or may I ask you to answer a few questions?
- Are you on any medications like aspirin?
- At the age of 61, a fragile skin can have subcutaneous spontaneous bleed. Do you think the skin is fragile in general?
- Are there any small bluish running veins running through the skin?
- Are there any other such areas? Please look carefully at the entire body.
- Is the area numb? Spreading or static?
- I can think of spontaneous skin bleed or rarely a tiny bite?
- Are you sure it is not any colour?
Based on the details provided it is not worrisome yet. Keep a close watch. If changing characteristics, please revert with more information.
I await you response/follow up queries to comment on this further.
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Good luck!

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