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Swelling, redness on leg

2015-12-15 17:15:12
I have started playing football after very long period of time, today is my third day and I can see 2-3 areas on my legs with swelling, redness, pain on pressing and lots of itching. Kindly find the attached photo. Today it's very late to visit a doctor, please let me know what should I do about it.
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it is a traumatic purpura , due to trauma induced by play, it will resolve,if it progress consult dermatologists and get platelets counts done

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