Arm of an elderly female patient, showing spontaneous bruising (bleeding) of the skin from the anti-clotting drug warfarin and oral steroid prednisolo

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Arm of an elderly female patient, showing spontaneous bruising (bleeding) of the skin from the anti-clotting drug warfarin and oral steroid prednisolone. The rapid and unnoticed bruising by the patient after minimal trauma is a side effect of these drugs.

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Photo credit: © DR P. MARAZZI/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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