Purple rash

Seek professional care if you experience any of the following symptoms

• Purple rash

• 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.

• Hemophilia

  An inherited bleeding disorder in which blood is unable clot properly due to a reduced number of blood-clotting proteins (clotting factors), resulting in bleeding for longer than usual and even from slight injuries.

• 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.

• Hypergammaglobulinemic purpura

• von Willebrand disease (vWD)

• Alcoholic liver disease

• Purpura simplex

• Primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC)
• Immune thrombocytopenic purpura

• Leukemia

  Leukemia is cancer of the body's blood-forming tissues, including the bone marrow and the lymphatic system. There are several types of leukemia but usually involves the white blood cells. The bone marrow produces an excessive amount of abnormal white blood cells. Some types of leukemia are more common in children, while others are more common in adults.