Rash, bruising, tiredness?My nephew was at a friends about a week ago, and came home with a huge bruise on his foot, they thought it was broken, and he could hardly walk on it, but then he started getting bruises all over his lower body! He's 4 years old by the way. But along with the bruises he's been developing a rash all over his lower body and up his back, and I guess he's just whipped and can't really do much. I haven't personally seen these symptoms, I've just been hearing all about them, but it seems like it's getting worse every day, and nobody knows what to do. The doctors around here never seem to have a clue what's going on, half the time you end up telling them what's wrong with your kid... They are saying that they should take my nephew down to a specialist, but I have a feeling that would be extremely expensive, and I guess I just want to have some idea of what might bee going on here. The current doctor is saying that it sounds like diabetes, heart disease, blood disease, kidney failure, arthritis, and about a dozen other possibilities. I realize that it's sort of like a process of elimination to figure out what the problem is, but they've been taking blood, doing x-rays, ultrasounds, the whole 9 yards for about 3 days now, they've actually been there a total of 20 hours in the last 3 days. Any suggestions at what this could be would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
Posted by katrina
Has anyone suggested/ruled out Lyme Disease? The bruising can show up instead of rashes for some people
Posted by dumplingmuffin
has any one mentioned or tested for henochs purpura
Posted by RєdAиgєℓ
It could be any number of things but there is a condition called Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP) which is a rare autoimmune disease where the blood doesn't clot as it should. The skin bruises very easily and there are small red dots called petechiae that appear and can look like a rash. There are two types of ITP: acute (temporary or short-term) and chronic (long-lasting). The acute ITP lasts about 6 months and mainly occurs in children, usually after an infection caused by a virus.
Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Idiopathic_thrombocytopenic_purpura
http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Idiopathic-Thrombocytopenic-Purpura-%28ITP%29.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdP1frXUToQ
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