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Is stress one cause of purple spotting on one's skin?
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Purpura: The following could cause nonthrombocytopenic purpura: disorders affecting blood clotting, certain congenital (present at or before birth) disorders such as rubella and cytomegalovirus, certain medications (including steroids and those that affect platelet functioning), weak blood vessels, inflammation in the blood vessels (including henoch-schonlein purpura), scurvy (severe lack of vitamin c).
Answered 8/13/2013
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