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Petechia of the lower leg in a person with platelets of 3 due to ITP (immune thrombocytopenia).The most common cause of petechiae is through physical trauma such as a hard bout of coughing, holding breath, vomiting, or crying, which can result in facial petechiae, especially around the eyes.
It is a characteristic of both purpuric and petechial rashes. [1] Individual purpura measure 3–10 mm (0.3–1 cm, 3 ⁄ 32-3 ⁄ 8 in), whereas petechiae measure less than 3 mm. [2] A non-blanching rash can be a symptom of bacterial meningitis, [3] but this is not the exclusive cause. [1] [4]
Oral petechiae/purpura - immune thrombocytopenic purpura. Many cases of immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP), also known as idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, can be left untreated, and spontaneous remission (especially in children) is not uncommon. However, counts under 50,000/μL are usually monitored with regular blood tests, and those ...
Petechiae What it looks like : “Petechiae is essentially blood leakage into the skin,” explains Dr. Lal. It looks like small red blotches or tiny, red pinpoint marks on the skin.
Pastia's sign, Pastia lines, or Thompson's sign is a clinical sign in which pink or red lines formed of confluent petechiae are found in skin creases, particularly the crease in the antecubital fossa, the soft depression on the inside of the arm; the folding crease divides this fossa where the forearm meets the (upper) arm (the biceps, triceps, humerus section of the upper extremity); the ...
Charlotte Cleverley-Bisman developed severe meningococcal meningitis as a young child; in her case, the petechial rash progressed to gangrene and required amputation of all limbs. She survived the disease and became a poster child for a meningitis vaccination campaign in New Zealand.
Aplastic anemia causes a deficiency of all blood cell types: red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets. [5] [6] It occurs most frequently in people in their teens and twenties but is also common among the elderly. It can be caused by immune disease, or by exposure to chemicals, drugs, or radiation. However, in about half of cases, the ...
An acute illness in a child aged between 3 months to 10 years characterized by: Fever of 101.3 °F (38.5 °C) or higher; Abdominal pain and/or vomiting; Development of petechiae and/or purpura; No evidence of meningitis; History of conjunctivitis within the 30 days preceding the onset of fever