During a consultation, your doctor will use various techniques in his assesment of the symptom: Red spots. These may include a physical examination or other medical tests. Your doctor may ask several questions when assessing your condition. It is important to remember that your consultation is a two-way process and any extra information you can share with your doctor may help them with their diagnosis.
Some of the questions your doctor may ask are listed below:
Why: to determine if acute or chronic.
Why: e.g. hand, foot and mouth disease causes small red fluid-filled spots over the lining of the mouth and palate, on the hands, feet and occasionally in the nappy area.
Why: e.g. rubella is characterized by a discrete red spotty rash which first appears on the face, chest and upper arms, then the abdomen and thighs.
Why: e.g. may suggest scabies, chicken pox, measles, rubella, hand foot and mouth disease or meningococcal disease.
Why: e.g. absence of spleen, alcoholic, complement immune deficiency, highest incidence in children aged 6 months to 1 year, highest incidence in midwinter and early spring.
Why: e.g. thrombocytopenia may be caused by leukemia, systemic lupus erythematosus, cirrhosis of the liver or HIV.
Why: some medications may cause sensitivities and result in a red spotty rash such as aspirin, morphine and codeine; thrombocytopenia may be caused by heparin, quinine, sulphonamides, methyldopa, gold and rifampin.
Why: e.g. food allergies, insect allergies, drug allergy.
Why: e.g. rubella, measles, meningococcal.
Why: e.g. chronic excessive alcohol consumption can sometimes affect the bone marrow, cause reduced numbers of platelets and result in petechiae (small red, pin-head sized bruises).
Why: e.g. allergies.
Why: e.g. exposure to fiberglass may cause a generalized sensitivity.
Sometimes, other symptoms may be present and may help your doctor analyse your condition. These may include:
Why: may suggest chicken pox, measles, rubella, meningococcal disease.
Why: e.g. a very itchy red spotty rash may suggest scabies, insect bites, chicken pox.
Why: type rash? - One of the main examples of a hemorrhagic rash is the meningococcal rash from meningococcal disease (specifically the.
Why: e.g. may start with cough, headache, sore throat, nausea, vomiting and then progress to spiking fevers, chills, aching joints and muscles. Later drowsiness, hemorrhagic rash most commonly on trunk and extremities but can be anywhere, and low blood pressure. May have stiff neck and dislike for light.
Why: e.g. flushing of the face with increases in skin temperature, acne-like rash over the face. May be complicated by blepharitis, conjunctivitis, episcleritis or corneal ulcers.
Why: e.g. pus-filled lesions around hair follicles surrounded by a red halo of inflamed skin. May occur on any hair-bearing skin such as the beard area, scalp, neck, legs and trunk.
Why: e.g. low grade fever, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and at the back of the neck, discrete red spotty rash which first appears on the face, chest and upper arms, then the abdomen and thighs. The rash lasts 1-5 days.
Why: e.g. childhood infection characterized by a sudden onset of fever, sore throat, headache and small red fluid-filled spots over the lining of the mouth and palate, on the hands, feet and occasionally in the nappy area.
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