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What Causes Sudden Dark Bruise On The Right Arm Of The Elderly?
my 91 year old mother just called me to say : taking her bath tonight she noticed her right arm from just above her wrist to the muscle in her arm is totally red and purple bruising. she was out shopping so I was thinking insect bite(spider) or broken vein or blood clot...what you think?
Hello. Doesn't sound like an insect bite and at her age, people can get bruised very easily from minor trauma, but she needs to see her doctor for blood work to make sure she doesn't have a very low platelet count
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What Causes Sudden Dark Bruise On The Right Arm Of The Elderly?
Hello. Doesn t sound like an insect bite and at her age, people can get bruised very easily from minor trauma, but she needs to see her doctor for blood work to make sure she doesn t have a very low platelet count