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4 inch red/purple bruising down along wrist two days after arterial blood test. played football yesterday. worried i have done serious damage?
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Arterial blood test: The bruising is most likely from the blood test itself. There is almost always some bleeding at the site of an arterial stick for blood. Playing football did not do any additional damage.
Answered 2/13/2016
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