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A member asked:

Recently spotted a 2 inch wide bruising with red dots in the middle near my knee. no trauma. can this be from heavy exercise? (weight lifting, squats)

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Dr. Sudheer singh chauhan Chauhan answered

Possible: Possibly related to heavy exercise leading to rupture of blood vessels

Dr Modi agreed

Answered 4/4/2019

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