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16 year old son has unexplained spontaneous bruising up and down the lower spine over vertebrae, circular shape and each size of quarter. any advice?
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Bruising?: Presumably this is not traumatic. Consider Henoch-Schoënlein Purpura (anaphylactoid Purpura); Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpera (ITP). Go see a hematologist today!
Answered 12/31/2020
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