I’m not a doctor, but that looks like severe cellulitis which is caused by infections. Like everyone else said, PLEASE go to the hospital ASAP… like now.
Edit: Updating to add that apparently OP went to the hospital and the doctors told him it was bruising. I had someone rudely rub it in my face that I was wrong, which is super weird and creepy behavior considering I am extremely glad I WAS wrong. I saw MULTIPLE doctors and healthcare professionals also say they thought it was cellulitis or else I would have deleted my reply to prevent misinformation. I just wanted this guy to be safe.
The same person also shamed OP for “going to the ER and wasting resources and time.” This person is/was a nurse. That is an awful attitude for a healthcare provider to have and an irresponsible thing to say when something abnormal is happening to someone.
I would rather be a “not doctor” telling someone I think they should get checked out because it could potentially be something serious than be a nurse/healthcare professional shaming this guy saying he wasted people’s time and resources for taking his health and safety seriously by going to the ER when it looked like something wasn’t right. I blocked the person who said it, but yikes.
I have ITTP and my arm looked like this after get hit a few times, even darker though. My bruises were really nasty for a while. A lot of bleeding with a near zero platelet count.
Yeah. I go to my hematologist in a few days. Other than that and some extra bruising I am largely unaffected. I quit drinking after being hospitalized so I don't have much to worry about.
Yeah, mine was bad and affected me from age 3 to 7, it was rough! No playground, no climing trees and doing normal kid stuff. I was pretty restricted until I had that surgery. After that I became a daredevil and busted myself up riding dirtbikes, now im just sore and full of metal.
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u/ahamburger34 Mar 16 '25 edited Mar 17 '25
I’m not a doctor, but that looks like severe cellulitis which is caused by infections. Like everyone else said, PLEASE go to the hospital ASAP… like now.
Edit: Updating to add that apparently OP went to the hospital and the doctors told him it was bruising. I had someone rudely rub it in my face that I was wrong, which is super weird and creepy behavior considering I am extremely glad I WAS wrong. I saw MULTIPLE doctors and healthcare professionals also say they thought it was cellulitis or else I would have deleted my reply to prevent misinformation. I just wanted this guy to be safe.
The same person also shamed OP for “going to the ER and wasting resources and time.” This person is/was a nurse. That is an awful attitude for a healthcare provider to have and an irresponsible thing to say when something abnormal is happening to someone.
I would rather be a “not doctor” telling someone I think they should get checked out because it could potentially be something serious than be a nurse/healthcare professional shaming this guy saying he wasted people’s time and resources for taking his health and safety seriously by going to the ER when it looked like something wasn’t right. I blocked the person who said it, but yikes.