A member asked:
Can you get a blood clot from a bad bruise on your leg? brother kicked me hard bottom of leg had red welt put ice on it now have yellow bluish bruise with spots of purple?
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Dr. Darrell Latvaanswered
Podiatry 44 years experience
THE BRUISE, NO: The bruise itself does not cause DVT, but the trauma causing the bruise theoretically could.
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