Bruise looks striped?

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I have an appointment to get it checked out planned for next week, but I'm very anxious about this bruise. I noticed it last Saturday on the back of my left thigh though I can't remember if I bumped it on anything or not, and it was the exact definition of black and blue. Since then it's been fading to a mix of yellow, light purple, and red, but the way that it's feeling has me worried. It has no texture or lump under it, but it's blotchy and striped. Has anyone else had a bruise that looks like this? If so, did you find out what caused it? I'm worried about leukemia even though this is my only bruise and I have no other symptoms, but I was also thinking it may be caused by a vitamin deficiency.imageimage

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    It looks like a bruise and sometimes we get a bruise but can't remember what we have done to cause it, one small bruise does not equate to leukemia and stop asking Dr Google or you will begin to have numerous diseases he is not a qualified doctor of anything

    By the time you see your GP it will probably be gone

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    I have had a few bruises like this, and one that was really bad. And I definitely hadn't bumped that area before. If I pressed my finger on the bruise there would be very little pain, sometimes none. They usually went away within a few days. I think yours will be gone soon. Not sure what caused it though..

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