Petechiae

I'm not on steroids. I'm not feeling sick. I just had a blood draw, and nobody has called about low platelets, but I have had that in the past.

I have little red dots all over my lower legs and feet. They are not raised or itchy. I'm pretty sure they are petechiae.

Is this another thing we get, or is it one of my meds, or something else?

Half of my lab results are online now. The CBC isn't posted yet. I think the low platelets were when I first started Imuran, but I can't find it in my test results now. That means it was from my old GI, who is the one who started me on Imuran.

No change with these dots. The CBC results are still not online. I know my doctor will call if she gets a weird result.

Oh oh! Maybe this is a surgery delaying complication :-D


Stayed up to watch American Horror Story last night - paying for it today. And how are you?

Petechiae in the world of pathogens means Babesia Duncani. If you seem to react well to flagyl it would be worth looking into.

Since my first autoimmune disease was ITP (immune system attacking platelets) I have some knowledge of petechiae. In the case of an extremely low platelet count petechiae can just merely be caused from spontaneous bleeding due to a that low platelet count and nothing else.

I've had Petechiae for many years. My blood work is always fine. I'm not sure why I get it to be honest but I have little red dots sporadically all over.