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Title: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: SjoGirl on May 09, 2014, 05:20:22 PM
Anyone else experiencing pupura on your forearms and/or skin so thin it bleeds if you rub it?
Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: Jasper on May 09, 2014, 05:46:57 PM
I often get bruises on my forearms if I scratch them or rub them too hard.

I notice you have Thrombocytopenia, so you must have a tendency to bleed easily.
Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: Ripvanann on May 09, 2014, 07:44:22 PM
No never had this SjoGirl and that doesn't sound right either. Have you shown it to your rheumy or PCP? Is it something new? Take pics of it so they can see it, if you haven't shown them. Take pics anyway. Never know when you might need them.

Sorry I can't be of any help, other than telling you that I think you should be seen.

Sorry you have yet another thing to deal with. =(

Grace and peace,

~Andrea
Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: Jasper on May 09, 2014, 08:00:29 PM
PS to my other post.

I agree with Andrea that you should be seen, preferably by your Rheumatologist.
Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: jazzlover on May 09, 2014, 08:56:59 PM
Yes, but I think it's from aging.....

WHAT??? I'm not OLD!!!  :)
Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: Maria3667 on May 10, 2014, 06:07:38 AM
No, but I get cherry angiomas...(also called cherry hemangiomas, Campbell De Morgan spots, or 'Senile angiomas' thank you very much).


Title: Re: Pupura - Purple Spots on Forearms
Post by: Tivia on May 10, 2014, 07:59:49 AM
I get petechia on my palms and forearms, last summer I had it all over my trunk. Doc says it can be from vasculitis, another thing is thrombocytopenia. To be checked get a crp and sed rate a cbc too look at the cell counts and a thrombin and prothrombin coagulation tests. Sometimes regular cbc test is not enough to show coagulation problems.