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Suggest Treatment For Small Bruises On The Knee

I had a random patch of bruises pop up behind my left knee, & they popped up within minutes of them not being there. They disappeared two days later, & this was 2 weeks ago, but just yesterday the same exact pattern of bruises popped up on the opposite leg in the same exact place behind my right knee. When I say same exact pattern, I mean both times it was literally four large circular bruises clustered near each other then later, a fifth would pop up to make a circle. & both times, this happened in this exact pattern.
posted on Mon, 26 Jan 2015
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Hello,
Thanks for the query.

you might be having a low platelet count and hence he is developing these bruises.

Get his platelet levels checked.

Usually it takes around 2 weeks for the bruise to heal,

you can use oint thrombophobe to get a faster relief.

A photograph would have helped me better.

Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis.

Let me know if you have any other doubt.

you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link.
http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818

Wishing you a good health.
Thank you

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Suggest Treatment For Small Bruises On The Knee

Hello, Thanks for the query. you might be having a low platelet count and hence he is developing these bruises. Get his platelet levels checked. Usually it takes around 2 weeks for the bruise to heal, you can use oint thrombophobe to get a faster relief. A photograph would have helped me better. Please meet a dermatologist for exact diagnosis. Let me know if you have any other doubt. you can ask a direct question to me on this forum, following the below link. http://www.healthcaremagic.com/doctors/dr-rahul-kumar/64818 Wishing you a good health. Thank you