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What Does Round Circles On Arms After Chemo Session Indicate?
HI my dad started Chemo on Tusday for cancer in his lung he has and sorry for the spelling mesothemoa cancer. Yesterday he started getting big round circles on his arms that look kinda like big ringworms what could that be and do we need to be worried
Mon, 18 Aug 2014
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i would like to ask you about the color of that round circles......mostly it occurs during chemotherapy when platlets count (blood component) becomes low and there occurs spontaneously or minor trauma induced dark black/brown circles on the skin......the cause of these circles is bleeding underneath the skin ......yes you should do a full blood count,PT,APTT and consult your doctor
thanks for asking
i would like to ask you about the color of that round circles......mostly it occurs during chemotherapy when platlets count (blood component) becomes low and there occurs spontaneously or minor trauma induced dark black/brown circles on the skin......the cause of these circles is bleeding underneath the skin ......yes you should do a full blood count,PT,APTT and consult your doctor
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