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What Do Black Patches On Legs Indicate?
Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ? Please type your query here...hi!dotor i have black patches on my upperfeetandlowerlegs and sometimes they feel like a blood clog and they hurt soo bad ,can you please tell me what they are and what to do about this ..iam very overweight and i think it could be my kidneys please let me know!thank you doctor...
Mon, 1 Sep 2014
Hello and welcome to HCM,
Black colored patches on feet and legs could be due to collection of blood (hematoma) or a pigmentary lesion.
Is there any history of trauma to the leg or feet?
Trauma is the most common cause of hematoma formation or collection of blood.
The other common cause is pigmentary lesion.
Pigmentary lesion is diagnosed by a biopsy of the lesion.
The pigmented lesions can be benign to malignant.
Benign lesions are harmless, however, malignant lesions can be dangerous and spread very fast to distant sites.
Thus, consult your primary health care provider for clinical assessment and relevant investigations for further management.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
Black colored patches on feet and legs could be due to collection of blood (hematoma) or a pigmentary lesion.
Is there any history of trauma to the leg or feet?
Trauma is the most common cause of hematoma formation or collection of blood.
The other common cause is pigmentary lesion.
Pigmentary lesion is diagnosed by a biopsy of the lesion.
The pigmented lesions can be benign to malignant.
Benign lesions are harmless, however, malignant lesions can be dangerous and spread very fast to distant sites.
Thus, consult your primary health care provider for clinical assessment and relevant investigations for further management.
Thanks and take care
Dr Shailja P Wahal
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This could be infective skin lesion if this is painful and having swelling, bacterial infection may be likely and this could be treated with Tab Azithromycin 500 mg once in day for three days and for local application Povidone can be tried, one thing should be clear that all the skin lesions demands the clinical observation and without this the diagnosis is not possible, if the symptoms does not improved then you have to see the dermatologist, take care.
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This could be infective skin lesion if this is painful and having swelling, bacterial infection may be likely and this could be treated with Tab Azithromycin 500 mg once in day for three days and for local application Povidone can be tried, one thing should be clear that all the skin lesions demands the clinical observation and without this the diagnosis is not possible, if the symptoms does not improved then you have to see the dermatologist, take care.
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