Table of Contents
- Overview
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Blood spots; Skin hemorrhages
Home Care
Call your health care provider if
Call your doctor for an appointment if you have signs of purpura.
What to expect at your health care provider's office
Your doctor will examine your skin and ask you questions about your medical history and symptoms, including:
- Is this the first time you have had such spots?
- When did they develop?
- What color are they?
- Do they look like bruises?
- What medications do you take?
- What other medical problems have you had?
- Does anyone in your family have similar spots?
- What other symptoms do you have?
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Images
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on an infant's legs
Rocky mountain spotted fever on the foot
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on the legs
Meningococcemia associated purpura
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on the lower legs
Meningococcemia on the leg
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on an infant's legs
Meningococcemia on the calves
Henoch-Schonlein purpura on an infant's foot
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Purpura Prevention
Review Date: 05/20/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
