Is petechiae itchy

It kind of looks like Petechiae to me? Anyway, not looking for a diagnosis necessarily. Just wondering if this is a common symptom. I will be making an appointment for my father.
It's not raised or itchy. Thanks in advance!
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17M, super bad anxiety. I’ve noticed since about two weeks ago. I developed a rash on my hand. It wasn’t petechiae as the bumps went away when pressed on. But I’ve noticed since then I’ve had rashes on the same arm on & off, but yesterday was different. This rash seems to be petechiae, it’s not itchy or painful but I’m super worried about it. Of course I looked at doctor google which made me even more worried (as it always does). I know there’s hundreds of causes & there may not even be a cause but now all my brain can think about is leukaemia. I do have a doctors appointment soon about something else so I’ll bring it up with him when I’m there. Please help!

I had a full red rash on my neck over the weekend that itched. It somewhat went away after using hydrocortisone and then triamcinolone. Now I have these small patches of petechiae. No other symptoms and I feel fine otherwise other than itchy in the spots I have petechiae. I contacted my doctor but it is after hours and I am STRESSED. My son had a bone marrow transplant last year and one of his signs of his disease was petechiae. 😫

Please with my mystery diagnosis, I’m getting desperate
Looking for theories and advice on what other tests to get.
Stats: 36/yo, AFAB; 5’5 148lbs; typically normal blood pressure and body temp
Preexisting conditions

• PMDD
  
• IBS
  
• Wheat intolerance
  
• lactose intolerance
  
• Endometriosis (propable but not confirmed with lap)
  
• Fibriods
  
• season allergies (typically mild)
  
• Skeeter syndrome
  
• Mild asthma (exercise induced or acts up when I have a respiratory illness)
  
• History of chronic UTIs (very frequent from 15 - 28yo, about 4-6 times a year. much less of an issue in the last few years, more like 1 or less a year, until the last 12months in which I’ve had 3 and several instances of irritation without the presence of bacteria.)
  
• Post-treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (2022-early 2023, followed a very advanced and complex case of Lyme that was late stage disseminated with rheumatic and nerological symptoms; took 9mo before I was correctly diagnosed)
  
• reactive arthritis (diagnosied by my rheumatologist as a result of the Lyme, it tends to flare in the days leading up to my period and when I’m under stress)
  
• Enlarged lymph nodes (particuarlly on left side ever since the Lyme, scans and mamogram all clear)
  
• ADHD, depression, OCD, anxiety (all well managed, in therapy and on drugs)
  
• I have a hormonal IUD AND take norithindrone (minipill) for endo
  
• allerigic to Bactrim and Cipro (symptoms: petechia and purpura, low platelets)
  

Current mystery symptoms:

• episodes of intense itching without rash: —started about 9mo ago. originally my gyno and PCP and I theorized that this could be related to hormones and my cycle because episodes seemed to coincide with the days from ovulation until my period started, but now the episodes are more frequent, more intense and don’t seem to line up to my cycle explicitly. The episodes also used to only happen at night and now they happen during the day as well. the itching is accompanied by hot, red ears, rhinitis, mild asthma symptoms like wheezing and (sometimes) splotchy skin. The itch itself manifests in several ways (lately all at once) 1) tiny, hot pin pricks that randomly pop up all over 2) patches of tight and burny feeling itchy skin that last for 30min-2hrs, no consistent placement though frequently on the back of my arms 3) intense, continuous “mucosal” itch in my nose, ears, scalp, arm pits, groin, and anus and 4) intense and continuous facial itch (including scalp) particularly concentrated below my lower lip and in and around my nose. The itching is still worse at night and often so bad that it either keeps me from or wakes me from sleep.
  
• (potentially associated) stiff and swollen hands and feet — initially thought to be from the arthritis but we’ve noticed a correlation between the itch episodes and the swelling.
  

What we’ve already tried/tested:

• antihistamines (recently upped to two zyrtec daily and hydroxizine as needed, the former has not seemed to help while the hydroxizine at least knocks me out)
• topical creams and ointments and shampoos, everything from OTC to prescription steriod creams; at best these dampen the itch by 25% but do not prevent it, some do nothing
• monitoring for diet and enviormental factors (no leads)
• skin prick testing (no leads)
• pelvic CT and ultrasound (normal)
• abdominal CT (normal)
• a bunch of blood work and urine samples (details below)
• Small fiber nerve testing (normal)
• chest xray (normal)

my current medical team:

• Gyno who specilizes in pelvic pain
• Allergist
• Dermatologist
• PCP
• rhematologist (haven’t seen him for a year though)

test results (mostly noting abnormalities)
January 2024
Lipid panel

• high cholesterol (253 total, 167 LDL, 184 Non-LDL/, no history of this)

Comprehensive metabolic panel - Normal
Hepetic panel - normal
CBD w/ Diff - Normal
STDs - all clear
Hepatitis - all clear
TSH w/ reflex to FT4 - normal
March 2024
C3 Complement

• normal (132.3 mg/dL)

C4 Complement

• normal (25.5 mg/dL)

Allergens w/ total IGE, Respiratory Area 1

• Immunoglobulin E, total LOW (4 IU/mL)
  
• other allergens all normal
  

Tryptase

• Normal (5.0 ug/L)

Complement, Total CH50

• Value >60 U/mL

April 2024 (completed)
Protein Electrophoresis Serum

• no monoclonal protiens present
  
• High Alpha 2% (16.4%)
  

Uric Acid

• High (5.9 mg/dL)

Lacate Dehydrogenase - Normal
Immunofixation Electrophoresis Serum

• IgA borderline low (69 mg/dL)
  
• all others normal
  

CBC w/ Differential

• Immature Granulocytes (Abs) .03 k/mcL
  
• all else normal
  

April 2024 (pending)
24hr urine collection - Urine 2, 3-dinor-11beta-prostaglandin F2 alpha - N Methylhistamine - Metanephrines - 5 Hiaa Quant - Kappa/Lambda Light Chains - Protein - Protein electrophoresis
I’m particularly concerned about Kidney issues, just based on some research

47, female, high blood pressure, pre diabetic
Diet is garbage, I don’t take vitamins, I do take my blood pressure pills religiously. What should I expect as a next step?
Symptoms I tend to brush off because I’m old, fat, stressed: swooshing in my ears that lasts for days, hearing sounds like I’m under water from time to time, hear high pitch ringing from time to time, joints hurt and feel swollen (hands, hips, knees, ankles, feet), can’t lay on my right because my hip hurts, out of breath for no reason, petechiae rash on ankles randomly, random rash on calf near knee that’s itchy that comes and goes, tired even with good rest, been having headaches and I rarely have headaches, I eat ice like I need a 12 step program
WBC: 5.0, normal RBC: 4.35, normal Hemoglobin: 8.9, low Hematocrit: 30.4, low MCV: 69.9, low MCH: 20.5, low MCHC: 29.3, low RDW: 15.8, high Platelets: 437, high MPV: 8.8, low Neutrophils Relative: 38.6, low Lymphocytes Relative: 40.6, normal Monocytes Relative: 13.2, high Eosinphils Relative: 5.8, normal Basophils Relative: 1.6, high Immature Granulocytes Relative: 0.2, normal nRBC: 0 Neutrophils Absolute: 1.93, low Lymphocytes Absolute: 2.03, normal Monocytes Absolute: 0.66, normal Eosinphils Absolute: 0.29, normal Basophils Absolute: 0.08, normal Immature Granulocytes Absolute: 0.01, normal
Microcytes: Present Ferritin: 1.9, low Folate: 11.7 Vitamin B12: 1246, high Vit D, 25-Hydroxy: <7.0, Deficient
Thanks for reading this far and I appreciate any insight.

I have had a bit of a relapse recently and just this morning I’ve noticed lots of little red spots on one of my breasts in particular. Google said they’re called petechiae and that they can be caused by straining, such as from vomiting.
I’m going to ring my GP on Monday anyway because I’m also quite itchy but pretty sure that’s because of hay fever. It’s currently Saturday though and I have health anxiety so it would be nice if I could tell myself that this is where the spots have come from. I’ve never had it before but wondered if anyone else has.

I've never had a skin condition before so this is kind of unsettling for me. The first I noticed it was Sunday, it's now Friday and I figured it would have gone away by now but these small bumps have spread to basically my entire body. I've kept my skin hydrated and washed sheets/towels/clothes if it had to do with that but it's just gotten worse. Some spots are a little itchy but nothing serious. The closest thing I find was they are petechiae but that has alot of different causes. All I can think that would attribute to this is I played tennis Sunday so maybe had a reaction to workout clothes, and went to a new restaurant Saturday but I don't have any foods I'm allergic to.
I'm 29F about 5ft5in, caucasian, 110lbs, don't take any medications other than iron supplements, I was also told a few months ago from a blood test my potassium was low. Don't smoke, and drink a moderate amount probably once week.
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Hello! I've never posted on here.. but I have been pretty unwell this year and am having a rough time getting diagnosed, so I'm interested in hearing the opinions/thoughts/advice from medical professionals on this subreddit.
36F living in Canada. 5'7 H. My usual weight is around 145lbs (but over the course of the past few months it has been rapidly dropping and I am not trying to lose weight). I do not drink, smoke, or use non-prescription drugs. I take antidepressants and a triptan for migraines. I am physically active - I own a small gardening business (very small, there are 4 of us haha) and I work out in the field 4 days a week. I am not prone to health anxiety and have a very high tolerance for pain. Lately I have been genuinely unwell with strange new symptoms. I'm trying to get to the root of cause as it is beginning to seriously affect my life.
Since the end of December 2023/beginning of January, I have been experiencing these symptoms (persistent and getting worse, especially over the past 4 weeks)

• Extreme fatigue
• Itchiness (mostly lower legs)
• Weight loss and loss of appetite
  • On March 12th I weighed in at 120lbs at the urgent care. I was shocked and began forcing myself to eat more. I'm in the middle of the busiest season for work (garden designs, installations, on top of regular maintenance/clean-ups), so my very sweet husband has been making me protein shakes in the morning, packing me lunches and snacks, and making me big healthy dinners in the evenings. I thought for sure I was putting weight back on, but when I weighed in at the endocrinologist's office on Tuesday, Mar 26th, I weighed 112lbs!! I could not believe it. That really scared me.
• Drenching night sweats off and on
• Catching cold after cold after cold
• Dizzy/light-headed
• Spacey
• Bad headaches
• Pain in lower left rib cage - So bad that I cannot sleep on my left side or sit comfortably. Also pain in my lower right abdomen area, which is not as bad, but persistent and uncomfortable when I'm sleeping on my right side. In the past 4 weeks I have had 2 chest x-rays, an ultrasound of my uterus (inside and outside), and a CT scan of my abdomen. They found an ovarian cyst, but no masses or anything that would indicate a cause for this pain. Could the pain be coming from my actual bones?
• Neck, shoulder, and back pain (mostly all on my left side)
• 3 blood tests within the past 3-4 weeks show everything is mostly normal. Most concerning is my hemoglobin is dropping (I did not have my period during this time). Normal range for these labs is 115-155.
  • Mar 7th: Hb 123
  • Mar 15th: Hb 113
  • Mar 26: Hb 109
• Petechiae, mostly on chest and abdomen. Seem to be more every day. There are some below my arm pits, on my arms, and on my legs as well.
• Swollen lymph nodes in groin (where leg meets pelvis on either side)
• Swollen neck, sore throat, hoarse voice, difficulty swallowing, lump on front of neck
  • I have had my neck examined by an NP at urgent care and an ER doctor. An urgent ultrasound was ordered and this is what the report said: "Just inferior to the right thyroid lobe is a slightly heterogeneous hypo echoic nodular lesion measuring 1.2 x 0.7cm. It contains a few small cystic spaces. The lesion is quite vascular. No other focal lesions identified. Normal thyroid. Hypoechoic nodular lesion just inferior to the right thyroid lobe. Main consideration is parathyroid adenoma. Correlation with biochemistry suggested. A prominent lymph node is not completely excluded but sonographic findings are not typical of a focal lymph node."
  • I did more bloodwork to check for hyperparathyroidism (which all came back normal) and was referred to an endocrinologist. Endocrinologist said that my thyroid and parathyroid were normal and he thinks that the radiologist may have misidentified the parathyroid lesion. He said it may be a lymph node back there, but he is not sure what it is. Because of that in combination with all of my other symptoms, he decided to immediately refer me to a hematologist (however he said he is not sure how long it will take for them to respond and schedule an appt, so he told me to definitely go back to the ER if my symptoms persist and I start feeling worse).

I went to the ER again after my visit with the Endocrinologist on Tuesday b/c he said booking the appt with a hematologist might take a while, and he said if I was feeling worse then I should (which I was, so I did). That is when the ER did my latest blood work, the 2nd chest x-ray, and the CT scan of my abdomen to see if they could find what was causing me pain. I had spent about 8 hours in the ER when I finally got to go over my test results with the doctor, and he said, "We've done all the tests we can do to try and figure out what the abdomen pain is. You just need to follow up with your hematologist now."
I don't really have the time to go to the EUrgent Care anymore anyway because of work. My GP is useless, gaslighting, and refuses to help me with referrals or tests (I've had to do all of this work on my own). So I'm just wondering if any medical professionals out there have any ideas what might be going on? Also, what would be the best way to measure my pain and level of sickness that would warrant another visit to the ER? I've just never experienced anything like this before and it feels like something is very wrong. I guess I just wait for a hematologist to contact me?
And finally - My nurse practitioner friend suspects some kind of blood cancer. At this point that doesn't scare me - I would really just like to figure out what is going on so that I can start treatment asap if need be. Does anyone know what I should expect from the initial hematologist visit? Any advice on what to ask them if my concern is blood cancer? I just want to make the most of this visit so that I don't end up getting sent home and forced to wait it out "until it gets worse" again.
I'm sorry this is such a long post. Thank you for your time in reading all of this, and I truly appreciate any and all opinions/thoughts/advice that you are able to offer.
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My 2yo has been having blood in his stool since feb 10th. He eats a ton but also is still nursing. He has a bowel movement every 2-3 days or so. I have ibs symptoms when I take my adderall that actually look similar to the photos below of the person who apologized for posting poop. I was prescribed it 8ish years ago
Here’s the tea
8 years of autoimmune symptoms
I have been suspected of lupus for 8 years
I am baffled because the first doctor I went to after starting this medication 8 years ago was the allergist and told them I think I am allergic! Told me it was unlikely and diagnosed me with chronic idiopathic urticaria. I have developed so many symptoms since then and have been to so many dam doctors.
I am positive I am allergic to my medication, and I’m so concerned now because I breastfeed and my son has exhibited the same rash induced for both of us by heat when I take my medicine (which isn’t everyday unless I need it) except for me even when I don’t take it now I get these hives anytime in the sun or hot shower etc. I several times have asked his doctor, my doctor, my psychiatrist, the pharmacist if this could be from my medicine. Again, unlikely is their response. He constantly has these “viral infections” that he never seems to get over. He is 2 and it feels like since he was like 10 months he has not stopped being sick and like 4 months when he started getting the heat rashes. I think he was 3 months when I went back on this medication.
He gets fevers of unknown origin, constant rashes, wheezing, so many boogers like constant booger crust, constipation, and bloody stool, random vomiting a few times, excessive coughing that sometimes makes him throw up, and sometimes sneezing, sometimes extreme fatigue. He’s literally developed 104.5 fever and rash in the past, over his trunk, arms and groin, shoulders and neck before after I took my medicine for the first time after a few days of stopping it, maybe a couple weeks I stopped. It was always just blown off as a virus. As of this week conjunctivitis in both eyes. Took him to the doctor this week and his ears, throat and eyes looked FINE. To her despite the bit of redness, crusting and puss. She said prob viral once again, nothing to do but wait.
The gag is, my fiancé nor I have gotten conjunctivitis or are sick. Yet at the same time that he developed conjunctivitis I felt like my neck was so sore it was killing me in the back of my neck and the next day the sides were hurting. I noticed the right cervical lymph node was a bit swollen and so painful when I would touch it. I had a severe headache mainly in the right side and when I swallowed the side of my neck where the lymph’s are hurtttt. I also felt I had a pill stuck in the back of my tongue. I check my throat and my uvula is swollen and touching. This is called uvulitis, and yet I’m not sick? Literally no other symptoms no boogers no coughing besides the cough iv has for months, no body fatigue. Tongue felt a bit tingly too which started recently. Every doctor is literally baffled by my skin symptoms, swelling and everything else.
They thought over the years iv had lupus, RA, urticarial vasculitis, seizures, stoke like symptoms etc etc but nothing absolutely nothing comes up. My white blood cells and lymphocytes are usually always high and except on occasion and my neutrophils low since starting this med.
So I start looking up uvulitis and my medicine and bam. Drug induced allergic reaction
I came across kounis syndrome and DRESS. Dress and mimic systemic disease but says it starts 2-8 weeks after the allergic drug is administered but it’s been 8 years!!! I can’t find anything on if it can be present for longer but my first symptom weeks after my first prescription of this drug was hives induced by heat.
My symptoms have been heat hives, I had panic attack symptoms and felt like I was going to pass out so I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with sinus tachycardia. I get bruising on my veins, specifically my hands, wrists and feet and it’s always in the same spots when it happens. I had what presented as urticarial vasculitis in 2018 where I would get random bruises on my legs that would appear in minutes and look like I just got beat. They would disappear in minutes too, only on my legs. Saw a derm who saw this in action and biopsied the area as well biopsied the eczematous patches I also got around the same time two years after administration on both shins and she is the one who tested and suspected lupus or RA. Came back negative for lupus, ra and the vasculitis. She told me it could take 6 years to diagnosis lupus. The patches on my shins came up as spongiatic dermatitis.
Anyway more symptoms of mine included palpitations, chest pain, dyspnea, diarrhea with mucous sometimes just mucous and straining, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, muscle tension and pain, muscle contractions, I was diagnosed with severe muscle spasms in my neck this year, joins swelling and pain with red surfacing and hot to the touch, mainly hands, knees and feet. My lower legs get this redness and hotness as well and sometimes it travels. Pretty much RA symptoms. My ears get this hotness and redness as well and sometimes my cheeks. The spongiatic dermatitis that I got 6 years ago which never ever went away and flares and gets red and severely itchy during flares, Raynauds symptoms, dizziness upon standing too fast or moving too fast, hot flash or chills or both, feeling like I’m going to pass out, tingling/pins and needles in limbs, stress induced dystonia which I think may be takotsubo syndrome due to the fact I just had a heart monitor because my ekg showed left ventricle abnormalities. This happened about 5 times within the last 2 years and the last time a couple months ago happened the worst. It lasted about 30 minutes and I was having joint flaring and so I went outside to cool it down. When I stood up and walked inside I got extremely hot, dizzy and nauseous and felt I was going to pass out. I saw the black spots (stars) so I went to my room took my emergency lorazapam and tried to lay down and breath. I started to get numbness in my arms and legs which is always how it starts, then my stomach started to vibrate, my entire body following and then I started to feel like it was hard to breath and chest pain and before I knew it my hands were doing 🤌🏻🤌🏻 on their own and I would only move my neck slightly. My feet were pointing and it just felt so painful and like my hands were closing more and more and my feet were pointing more and more even tho they weren’t. I literally couldn’t move. My fiancé said eventually my hands were turning purple and my face was translucent like you could see all the veins in my face. My heart monitor results haven’t come back yet. My stress test and echo were normal but I didn’t take my medicine that day where as I did when I went to the cardiologist and got an ekg. Iv had tongue numbness, confusion, eye twitching and loss of speech or mixed speech, twitches in my chin below my mouth, I get numbness that shoots up the back of my neck at times, temple pain, headaches, goosebumps that would randomly come without being cold on only one patch of one arm and then go away. Nausea, for two years in 2019-2021 I was vomiting for no reason I lost so much weight I was 92lbs at 5’2 usually I’m 110. Ibs symptoms which include diarrhea that always has mucus and right lower abdominal pain just in the inside of my hip bone. I now recently have had extremely low blood pressure at times, at the hospital the nurse asked me if I took any benzos, I think it was like 90/60. When I was at my stress test and echo a few weeks ago it was 86/62. This never happened to me before. I went in for the temp paralysis always diagnosed as “panic paralysis” and this was the first time they drug tested me. Neg for everything but my adderall. I had symptoms of uti and blood in my urine but no uti or bacterial growth. Bladder pain, kidney pain no infection (I have had chronic kidney and uti infections since 3rd grade so I know how it feels) Uhm pain in my butt a few months ago that traveled down my thigh to behind my knee and down to my foot so bad that I felt I could barley walk and pick my leg up. I get shaky at times, severely fatigued, brain fog, slurred speech at times, cuts on my hands that come up in the same spots when I have flares and go away when I don’t. Mainly on my knuckles and I also have petechiae on my elbows, shoulders, legs, arms that just stay. Iv noticed my son has petechiae too.
There’s so many more symptoms but this is already long.

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My 2yo has been having blood in his stool since feb 10th. He eats a ton but also is still nursing. He has a bowel movement every 2-3 days or so. I have ibs symptoms when I take my adderall that actually look similar to the photos below of the person who apologized for posting poop. I was prescribed it 8ish years ago I’m scared I’m having drug induced hypersensitivity all these years and it’s passing to him.
Here’s the tea
8 years of autoimmune symptoms
I have been suspected of lupus for 8 years
I am baffled because the first doctor I went to after starting this medication 8 years ago was the allergist and told them I think I am allergic! Told me it was unlikely and diagnosed me with chronic idiopathic urticaria. I have developed so many symptoms since then and have been to so many dam doctors.
I am positive I am allergic to my medication, and I’m so concerned now because I breastfeed and my son has exhibited the same rash induced for both of us by heat when I take my medicine (which isn’t everyday unless I need it) except for me even when I don’t take it now I get these hives anytime in the sun or hot shower etc. I several times have asked his doctor, my doctor, my psychiatrist, the pharmacist if this could be from my medicine. Again, unlikely is their response. He constantly has these “viral infections” that he never seems to get over. He is 2 and it feels like since he was like 10 months he has not stopped being sick and like 4 months when he started getting the heat rashes. I think he was 3 months when I went back on this medication.
He gets fevers of unknown origin, constant rashes, wheezing, so many boogers like constant booger crust, constipation, and bloody stool, night sweats, random vomiting a few times, excessive coughing that sometimes makes him throw up, and sometimes sneezing, sometimes extreme fatigue. He’s literally developed 104.5 fever and rash in the past, over his trunk, arms and groin, shoulders and neck before after I took my medicine for the first time after a few days of stopping it, maybe a couple weeks I stopped. It was always just blown off as a virus. As of this week conjunctivitis in both eyes. Took him to the doctor this week and his ears, throat and eyes looked FINE. To her despite the bit of redness, crusting and puss. She said prob viral once again, nothing to do but wait.
The gag is, my fiancé nor I have gotten conjunctivitis or are sick. Yet at the same time that he developed conjunctivitis I felt like my neck was so sore it was killing me in the back of my neck and the next day the sides were hurting. I noticed the right cervical lymph node was a bit swollen and so painful when I would touch it. I had a severe headache mainly in the right side and when I swallowed the side of my neck where the lymph’s are hurtttt. I also felt I had a pill stuck in the back of my tongue. I check my throat and my uvula is swollen and touching. This is called uvulitis, and yet I’m not sick? Literally no other symptoms no boogers no coughing besides the cough iv has for months, no body fatigue. Tongue felt a bit tingly too which started recently. Every doctor is literally baffled by my skin symptoms, swelling and everything else.
They thought over the years iv had lupus, RA, urticarial vasculitis, seizures, stoke like symptoms etc etc but nothing absolutely nothing comes up. My white blood cells and lymphocytes are usually always high and except on occasion and my neutrophils low since starting this med.
So I start looking up uvulitis and my medicine and bam. Drug induced allergic reaction
I came across kounis syndrome and DRESS. Dress and mimic systemic disease but says it starts 2-8 weeks after the allergic drug is administered but it’s been 8 years!!! I can’t find anything on if it can be present for longer but my first symptom weeks after my first prescription of this drug was hives induced by heat.
My symptoms have been heat hives, I had panic attack symptoms and felt like I was going to pass out so I went to the hospital and was diagnosed with sinus tachycardia. I get bruising on my veins, specifically my hands, wrists and feet and it’s always in the same spots when it happens. I had what presented as urticarial vasculitis in 2018 where I would get random bruises on my legs that would appear in minutes and look like I just got beat. They would disappear in minutes too, only on my legs. Saw a derm who saw this in action and biopsied the area as well biopsied the eczematous patches I also got around the same time two years after administration on both shins and she is the one who tested and suspected lupus or RA. Came back negative for lupus, ra and the vasculitis. She told me it could take 6 years to diagnosis lupus. The patches on my shins came up as spongiatic dermatitis.
Anyway more symptoms of mine included palpitations, chest pain, dyspnea, diarrhea with mucous sometimes just mucous and straining, muscle weakness, muscle spasms, muscle tension and pain, muscle contractions, I was diagnosed with severe muscle spasms in my neck this year, joins swelling and pain with red surfacing and hot to the touch, mainly hands, knees and feet. My lower legs get this redness and hotness as well and sometimes it travels. Pretty much RA symptoms. My ears get this hotness and redness as well and sometimes my cheeks. The spongiatic dermatitis that I got 6 years ago which never ever went away and flares and gets red and severely itchy during flares, Raynauds symptoms, dizziness upon standing too fast or moving too fast, hot flash or chills or both, feeling like I’m going to pass out, tingling/pins and needles in limbs, stress induced dystonia which I think may be takotsubo syndrome due to the fact I just had a heart monitor because my ekg showed left ventricle abnormalities. This happened about 5 times within the last 2 years and the last time a couple months ago happened the worst. It lasted about 30 minutes and I was having joint flaring and so I went outside to cool it down. When I stood up and walked inside I got extremely hot, dizzy and nauseous and felt I was going to pass out. I saw the black spots (stars) so I went to my room took my emergency lorazapam and tried to lay down and breath. I started to get numbness in my arms and legs which is always how it starts, then my stomach started to vibrate, my entire body following and then I started to feel like it was hard to breath and chest pain and before I knew it my hands were doing 🤌🏻🤌🏻 on their own and I would only move my neck slightly. My feet were pointing and it just felt so painful and like my hands were closing more and more and my feet were pointing more and more even tho they weren’t. I literally couldn’t move. My fiancé said eventually my hands were turning purple and my face was translucent like you could see all the veins in my face. My heart monitor results haven’t come back yet. My stress test and echo were normal but I didn’t take my medicine that day where as I did when I went to the cardiologist and got an ekg. Iv had tongue numbness, confusion, eye twitching and loss of speech or mixed speech, twitches in my chin below my mouth, I get numbness that shoots up the back of my neck at times, temple pain, headaches, goosebumps that would randomly come without being cold on only one patch of one arm and then go away. Nausea, for two years in 2019-2021 I was vomiting for no reason I lost so much weight I was 92lbs at 5’2 usually I’m 110. Ibs symptoms which include diarrhea that always has mucus and right lower abdominal pain just in the inside of my hip bone. I now recently have had extremely low blood pressure at times, at the hospital the nurse asked me if I took any benzos, I think it was like 90/60. When I was at my stress test and echo a few weeks ago it was 86/62. This never happened to me before. I went in for the temp paralysis always diagnosed as “panic paralysis” and this was the first time they drug tested me. Neg for everything but my adderall. I had symptoms of uti and blood in my urine but no uti or bacterial growth. Bladder pain, kidney pain no infection (I have had chronic kidney and uti infections since 3rd grade so I know how it feels) Uhm pain in my butt a few months ago that traveled down my thigh to behind my knee and down to my foot so bad that I felt I could barley walk and pick my leg up. I get shaky at times, severely fatigued, brain fog, slurred speech at times, cuts on my hands that come up in the same spots when I have flares and go away when I don’t. Mainly on my knuckles and I also have petechiae on my elbows, shoulders, legs, arms that just stay. Iv noticed my son has petechiae too.
There’s so many more symptoms but this is already long.

i(21f) have been getting these itchy hives w petechiae that subside within 3-4 hrs into cyst like lumps for the past week, my eyes have been itchy like crazy and swelling since the past six months every now and then, i was diagnosed w atopic dermatitis before two months, took tofacitinib+methylprednisolone for a month, no changes, just been getting these new weird hives now, earlier went to dermat because of mixed pigmentation on skin, there has been pins and needles sensation, my haemoglobin is low, i have bad bad fatigue and very very very very dry skin that becomes drier w every passing hour no matter what i do, my skin is pale, i have autoimmune hypothyroidism (subclinical) diagnosed recently, asthma since childhood, the weird thing is my body has become really hypersensitive recently, like my hands would turn red if a little pressure is applied on them or i would bruise easily, i feel really uneasy and sick if i even move a little, i have moderate depression creeping up since the past few months, very poor concentration/ focus lately, and a lot of other symptoms, i am just concerned if this could be pointing towards leukaemia, i did experience mild chest pain in the past month but ignored it, i have been getting new symptoms since the past six months, attaching cbc and a few images of my condition

I’m 15M, no smoking history, 53kg and 167cm I have had little spots on my feet for the past few weeks now and I have searched it up on google and what looks most similar is petechiae. It is not itchy and they are very very slight red bumps that are only on my feet. I'm not sure if they have spread further on my feet but they aren't on any other part of my body. I'm really worried that I might have leukaemia. Could anyone please tell me what it could be?
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I'm worried about my son. My mom gut is telling me something is wrong and I'm not sure if all of the issues are related but something isn't right. Have seen his doctor about these seperate complaints as they have happened, but I don't feel they have ever looked at the whole picture to determine if they are related or being caused by something else.
X-RAY: https://imgur.com/a/J8XFGec
12M, 5ft 4in, 110lbs, caucasian
Complaints - have been ongoing intermittently for a couple of years but have become worse over the last 6 months or so:
Full or nauseous after a couple of bites after eating, stomach “feels weird”, bloating, nausea
Sharp stabbing pain around/above naval and on upper left side under ribs
Intermittent Trouble swallowing: “food gets stuck”, stops eating when this happens
Burping more than usual: sometimes with regurgitation, Acid reflux
Intermittent diarrhea
Described as: “My lower body gets really warm on the inside and then have diarrhea”
Petechiae on arms and back
Red/splotchy cheeks (possibly petechiae or could be acne - unsure)
Fungal infections (recurring ringworm, warts)
Rough discolored pink/red/clear spot on right lower arm near elbow (unresponsive to suggested topical anti fungal medication) been on his arm for about 1-1.5 years
Clusterash of tiny clear and red pearl like bumps that bleed sometimes on mid-right side of back. Have been there for about a year.
Dry, itchy skin all over
Pale skin coloring, noticeable in lips/face pretty regularly
Tiredness/Shortness of Breath/Dizziness, leg pain/soreness, headaches
ADHD, 50mg Vyvanse Capsule 1x Daily
History of Kidney Issues: Age 9 (Oct 2020) - CT/Urine analysis showed small kidney stone, large blood in urine, mesenteric lymphadenitis, hematuria, and mild mesenteric adenitis
History of stomach pain and intermittent constipation/diarrhea for 4-5 years
History of unexplained nose bleeds (not often)
Has had two or more intense itching spots that he rubbed/scratched result in open sores that took awhile to heal
Bruises easily
Recurring sores/ulcers in mouth
Never smoked, never vaped, never drank alcohol, never used drugs
Location: Georgia, United States
Prior blood tests between ages 9-12 have shown: Previous EBV infection, Low EOS (absolute), High Chloride, Low Creatinine*, High B/C Ratio*, High A/G Ratio*, Low Globulin, Low Protein, Low LYM#*, Low LYM%
*results have appeared abnormal on more than one test
Most recent CBC/CMP Results 2/22/2024
Report Result Ref. Range Units Status Lab
WBC 3.8 3.5-10.0 10 Final TFMI - 8042
LYM% 42.0 15.0-50.0 % Final TFMI - 8042
MID% 6.1 2.0-15.0 % Final TFMI - 8042
GRA% 51.9 35.0-80.0 % Final TFMI - 8042
LYM# 1.6 0.5-5.0 10 Final TFMI - 8042
MID# 0.3 0.1-1.5 10 Final TFMI - 8042
GRA# 1.9 1.2-8.0 10 Final TFMI - 8042
RBC 4.93 3.50-5.50 10 Final TFMI - 8042
HGB 13.5 11.5-16.5 G/DL Final TFMI - 8042
HCT 38.9 35.0-55.0 % Final TFMI - 8042
MCV 78.9 75.0-100.0 FL Final TFMI - 8042
MCH 27.4 25.0-35.0 PG/ML Final TFMI - 8042
MCHC 34.7 31.0-38.0 G/DL Final TFMI - 8042
RDW% 13.1 11.0-16.0 % Final TFMI - 8042
PLT 203 100-400 10 Final TFMI - 8042
MPV 11.9 7.2-11.0 FL HIGH Final TFMI - 8042
COMP. METABOLIC PANEL (14)-322000-P 02/23/2024 (#764069400, Final, 02/22/2024 12:27pm)
Report Result Ref. Range Units Status Lab
GLUCOSE 93 70-99 MG/DL Final 01
BUN 11 5-18 MG/DL Final 01
CREATININE 0.49 0.42-0.75 MG/DL Final 01
BUN/CREATININE RATIO 22 14-34 Final 01
SODIUM 142 134-144 MMOL/L Final 01
POTASSIUM 5.0 3.5-5.2 MMOL/L Final 01
CHLORIDE 102 96-106 MMOL/L Final 01
CARBON DIOXIDE, TOTAL 25 19-27 MMOL/L Final 01
CALCIUM 9.9 8.9-10.4 MG/DL Final 01
PROTEIN, TOTAL 6.8 6.0-8.5 G/DL Final 01
ALBUMIN 4.9 4.2-5.0 G/DL Final 01
GLOBULIN, TOTAL 1.9 1.5-4.5 G/DL Final 01
A/G RATIO 2.6 1.2-2.2 ABOVE HIGH NORMAL Final 01
BILIRUBIN, TOTAL 0.2 0.0-1.2 MG/DL Final 01
ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE 250 150-409 IU/L Final 01
AST (SGOT) 21 0-40 IU/L Final 01
ALT (SGPT) 12 0-30 IU/L Final 01
RESULT NOTE FASTING NO
SRC:BLOOD VENOUS LEFT AC
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I don’t know why I’m even posting on here but I don’t know what else to do. I probably have the worst case of this and I feel like I’m going to die.
My symptoms started out of nowhere in December of 2021 and started out as some of the typical symptoms of this infection (burning, irritation, yellow discharge) and I tested positive and was treated shortly after with a week of doxy. From there, things got worse and worse. Throughout 2022 I started experiencing changes with my vision, I started getting cysts on my ovaries that would come and go every so often, never rupturing, body aches, etc. I got a wart on my finger after never having anything like that in my life. I also developed weird bumps that I guess are VP (multiple doctors have confirmed they’re not warts) but I’m guessing it developed because of all the irritation down there. Of course doctors never took me seriously because tests for this were always negative, and besides the cysts, I had imaging done in other areas of my body and it was always normal. In fall of 2022 I was tested for autoimmune diseases and the test came back borderline positive. My primary didn’t think I needed further testing and at the time it wasn’t even that bad.
But in 2023 my insurance expired and I was tired of getting nowhere with doctors, so I stopped going altogether. Things have gotten worse, I get petechiae on my legs that comes and goes, I started getting joint pain, muscle aches and chest pain. I don’t really feel the vaginal burning anymore but the discharge has never stopped and I’m itchy, and I just know the infection is causing all this. There’s no history of autoimmunity in my family (or any illness for that matter) and I just know doctors will continue to deny the bacteria is causing all this. If I was retested for an autoimmune and it was positive I just know that doctors will refuse to treat the root cause (the infection.)
As I mentioned before my insurance expired last year. I was under my parents plan but turned 26 (I’m in the US). I don’t have a job because I can’t handle working so I can’t afford insurance. I have no idea what to do. I am aware of how scary it is that I’m not seeking medical care but I truly cannot afford it.
I should probably mention throughout this whole time I’ve taken antibiotics 6 times, all in 2022. I did the whole microgen and evvy thing and never got anywhere with it.
Again, I don’t know why I’m posting here, but please don’t kick me while I’m down and tell me I’m never going to get better. I used to be a healthy person, I’m getting married next month and I want so badly to believe there’s something I can do. If anyone has any advice for how I can afford to seek medical help please let me know

Just looking for some advice to get through the diagnostic waiting game.
A little background, I’ve been struggling with hand/foot/leg swelling for the past year and a half or so, with increased numbness in all extremities. Recently I have had pitting edema on and off. With this, everything hurts, all the time. My joints are tight, and my arms/legs/hands constantly feel sore or like I’ve done a major workout. I’ve also had tachy for years. Last year I started having some major GI issues, did the full work up, still had no definitive answers. I’ve been on meds for heart burn/acid reflux, pain management, nausea, etc. for the last year.
Monday I went back and saw my PC for severe swelling/headache/pain, and she started asking bunches of questions about itchiness (yes), petechiae (yes), shortness of breath (yes), severe Vitamin D deficiency (yes), constant fatigue (yes), and she popped up with, “I’m pretty positive this is Scleroderma, let’s run a bunch of tests..” so we did.
Now it’s a waiting game, and it feels like the ANA is taking forever. The SCL-70 came back negative, so I felt a bit of relief, but she told me that a lot of people get a negative with that and still have SSc. I also had high BP at that appointment for the first time in my life (150/100) and now am having to monitor it by the hour and it goes up and the headache and aches get worse. I’m just stressed.
Any advice for the waiting game? I’m staying off of Google, but I just want answers. I’m sure many can relate to the desperation in waiting for a diagnosis when you’ve been hurting for a long, long time.
Edit to add - Currently waiting on the ANA, Centromere B Antibody, and RNP Screen to come back. Also have an EKG and a Heart Echo scheduled for next week.

Age- 36
Sex- Female
Height- 5’6
Weight- 180lbs
Race- Caucasian
Duration of complaint- A day
Medications- Synthroid, Zoloft
My husband and I have both had a chest infection for nearly 2.5, almost 3 weeks now. Crackling in the lungs, coughing up phlegm. It’s slowly getting better but is the by far the most prolonged chest cold either of us have ever had.
Last night I noticed a cluster of teeny tiny red dots at the top of my abdomen, below my breasts. They don’t itch and don’t have texture to them. Each dot is about the size of a tiny speck of sand. They faded in colour today but then reappeared this evening.
I haven’t had any fevers, weird bruising or bleeding. No unusual fatigue- in fact, energy wise I’m feeling way better from this cold, aside from this nagging cough and crackling.
I have health anxiety and am worried this is petechiae and could mean I have leukemia.
My husband also had a localized rash when we first became sick, but his were raised red bumps at the top of his chest that were itchy.
Mine are like tiny red speckles (NOT cherry angiomas- I have those too, but that’s not what this is).
Reddit isn’t letting me post a photo.

Been diagnosed with SLE for 27 years and this is a new one. Started on my foot 2 weeks ago. It migrated up my legs and now is on my arms and a little on my trunk. It's painful to touch and minimally itchy. Doesn't blanche. Much like petechiae. Was seen in the ED 2 days ago. They gave me high dose IV steroids and sent me home on Prednisone but just 40mg/day. In the last 36 hours, I have developed SEVERE joint pain even with the steroids. I'm just wondering if this is someone one of my fellow lupus friends have had before and any reports on the course. This SUCKs.

It's hard to explain but has been a thing since my teenage years, but I'll suddenly become overwhelmed with an itch so intense that I've had to pull over when it's so severe. The itch will usually subside if left alone long enough or if I scratch it and cause petechiae in the area. It's worth mentioning, when the itch is occurring, it is VERY easy to cause petechiae in that area. In more recent years I'll feel like bugs are crawling under my skin all over my body, but the previous described and much more enduring thing is very much a hotspot isolated thing
My mom had something similar but for her it was isolated to one shin and doctors constantly told her it was flea bites despite it only being on one shin and us only having one cat at the time. She described it similarly, at random she would get so incredibly itchy and would scratch to the point of bleeding.
At one point when she had some sort of medication change it spread to her whole body and never quite regressed after being off of it.