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There's noticed a reddish, sensitive to touch bruise right below a bug bite. it's nothing right? it just appeared out of nowhere.
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Insect bites: bites can cause soft tissue bruising either from blood seeping into tissues or due to the bite itself.
Answered 7/26/2016
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