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Purple Bruise Near Ankle And Hard Vein After Accidentally Hitting Shin. Should I Be Concerned?
A bout 5 days ago at work, I accidentally kicked my leg into a sawhorse right on the shin. I believe I ruptured a large vein (I have an athletic build and have large veins that pop out), it swelled to what looked like a half inch around. Yesterday I noticed a small purple bruiselike spot lower toward my ankle. Today the bruiselike spot is bigger, and the vein is hard to the touch. Should I be concerned?
Sat, 3 Sep 2016
Hello. You need to get this checked out since in may not just be a simple bruise--it could indicate a deep venous thrombosis--a clot in a leg vein--and, untreated, that can lead to a life-threatening pulmonary embolus. You need to see a doctor right away for Doppler venous flow studies of the leg
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