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Bruise In Leg, Purple Dot In The Middle, Painful

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Posted on Sun, 22 Jul 2012
Question: I have a bruise that came out with a purple dot in the middle with pain now another bruise is came out just up from it
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (5 minutes later)
the bruise is in the middle of my leg
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal (3 hours later)
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query.
Easy bruising can be for many causes such as
- Platelet disorders of counts like thrombocytopenia,
- Disorders of function like Glanzman syndrome where platelets are lazy i.e. normal in number but slow to clumping and degranulation.
- Deranged Prothrombin time (PT) /activated Partial Thromboplastin time (aPTT) secondary to many causes including iatrogenic cause by taking warfarin for cardiac arrhythmias
- And lax and fragile skin secondary to senile atrophy of dermis and reduced connective tissue supportive parenchyma and as a result of treatment with steroids.

So I believe getting your blood counts along with Capillary fragility test can be helpful to detect bleeding tendency.

Discuss about these possibilities with your treating physician and he/she can stream line these test for you. You also take Vitamin C and Vitamin A supplements to improve skin texture and reduce easy bruising.

I hope this answers your query.
In case you have additional questions or doubts, you can forward them to me, and I shall be glad to help you out.
Please accept my answer in case you do not have further queries.
Wishing you good health.
Regards.
Dr. Praveen Tayal.
Note: Hope the answers resolves your concerns, however for further guidance of skin related queries consult our Dermatologist.Click here to book a consultation

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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Dr. Dr. Praveen Tayal

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Bruise In Leg, Purple Dot In The Middle, Painful

the bruise is in the middle of my leg