If you’re like me, you regularly check your body for lumps, bumps, bruises, and anything else out of place.
Call me paranoid or overly cautious, but I like to know what’s going on in my body and I like to be ready to consult a doctor if I ever find anything that suggests an unexplained change.
You can imagine my surprise, then, when I found a cluster of red dots on my shoulder one morning. As often happens these days, I immediately turned to the internet for an explanation.
And it turns out red spots on the skin aren’t all that uncommon. In reality, there are several causes, so I thought it would be helpful to list them here for anyone else in the same situation.
Now, it’s important to note that red spots on the skin can vary in size, shape, and hue, and their meaning can be just as broad. Some are completely harmless; others can have potentially serious causes.
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