What Does A Swollen Bump On Leg Indicate?

Posted on Thu, 3 Apr 2014

Question: I had a bump on my leg yesterday and it start swelling and looked like a buise it ahappen quickly and I was worried thats a blood cloth speciallt after noticing aome blood vessels start bruising from time to time . now I have another one on top of the first one amd its not bruised or anything just a bump . what could it be I ? its not caused by an injury or anything because I was sitting and watchi a movie and I felt a sting and looked XXXXXXX and it was there

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rahul Kumar (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: Low platelet Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for the query and photographs. It is looking like a bruise you might be having a low platelet count and hence you are developing these bruises. Get your platelet levels, bleeding and clotting time checked. Sometimes spontaneous bruising might be associated with XXXXXXX systemic conditions. I suggest you to get a thorough check up done. you can use oint thrombophob to get a faster relief. A photograph would have helped me better. Let me know if you have any other doubt. Wishing you a good health. Thank you

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