Petechiae Rash

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Dark purple rash on lower limbs

• Recent weight loss

• Difficulty breathing / breathlessness

• Violaceous / purpuric rash

• Easy bruising

• Swelling of the affected area

• Vomiting of blood

• Melena (black stools)

• Gross hematuria

• Purpura pigmentosa

  Purpura Pigmentosa Progressiva is also known as Progressive Pigmentary Dermatitis or Schamberg's Disease. It is a chronic skin condition causing discoloration of the dermis of the trunk, upper and lowerlimbs. The exact cause is unknown but it is caused by inflammition of tiny blood vessels called capilaries.

• Cushing syndrome

  This condition is caused by excessive amounts of a hormone called cortisol. This may be caused consumption of some steroid medications or the body itself may produce too much cortisol.

• von Willebrand disease (vWD)

  vWD is a blood disorder that impairs blood clotting. In people with vWD, a protein called von Willebrand factor either does not function properly, or insuffecient. It's a genetic condition that occurs due to inheriting an abnormal gene that codes for the production of von Willebrand factor in the body.

• Psoriasis (except for pustular psoriasis)
• Sjogren syndrome
• Immune thrombocytopenic purpura
• IgA Vasculitis (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura)

• Leukemia

  Leukemia is a cancer of the body's blood cell-forming tissues. Blood cells circulate in our bloodstream and are created and matured in the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. Leukemia involves white blood cells and lymphatic cells and is of several types. The cancerous cells are produced in excess and do not function normally. Leukemias can be aggressive and cause symptoms or chronic and smolder for years.

• Splenic infarction