Are there any doctors or medical professionals that can give me their opinion on petechiae issues?

Question

My 8 year old daughter has petechiae spots on her legs, butt, back neck, and on the inside of her cheeks. I noticed them about 2 days ago and thought nothing of it accept that it looked like a strange bruise until the one on her neck appeared today. Now I have read nothing but bad on line and am getting concerned. I would normally just take her to the dr. but we have no insurance coverage until Monday, and if we go to the dr and they say there is a serious problem our insurance will not cover anything for a year due to the pre existing condition clause. She is not having any symptoms other than the strange bruising, and she had a nose bleed today, but I am really scared and don't know what to do! If it is something serious, wouldn't there be other symptoms such as a fever....I realize my child's health is more important than $, I just can't decide what to do at this point.....I hate that insurances can do that! It really puts people in a crappy position!

Answer 1

Yeah, HMOs are ridiculous...don't even get me started.

By your description, it sounds like your daughter has idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP).  Here is a link with some information for you:  http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Dise...

Get her to a doctor on Monday.  However, if you see blood in her stool or if she were to vomit blood, go to the ER immediately.

If ITP is the cause, most of the time it is not life-threatening, and it will go away on its own.  But it does need to be evaluated.

Take care and good luck!

Answer 2

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