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A member asked:
I had blood drawn 7 days ago it is still bruised with spots not where the needle went in what could it be? i don't bruise usually. working in brazil.
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Petechia: Sometimes when the tourniquet is put on to help engorge the veins to make them easier to stick you can get local trauma to the site where the tourniquet was. Is that where you see the bruising with spots? If that's the case they will resolve fairly quickly.
Answered 8/31/2014
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