Purple spots appear on the body

From the perspective of traditional Chinese medicine, the appearance of various spots on the human skin is a signal of certain diseases occurring inside the body. For example, purple spots appearing on the body may be purpura simplex, which is a very common skin disease. Once this happens, it may be caused by infection or other reasons. So what are the purple spots on your body? Let’s learn about skin-related conditions together.

(It can be divided into acute and chronic types. The acute type is less common and can occur in children, often with a history of infection before the onset of the disease. The characteristics of the disease are sudden onset, fever, extensive skin bleeding, large ecchymoses and hematomas, and mucosal and urogenital bleeding. The platelet count is significantly reduced and may be lower than 5,000/mm3. The chronic type is more common and is more common in young women. 1) Simple purpura generally has no systemic symptoms. Scattered needle-sized bright red bruises may appear on both lower limbs, which do not fade when pressed. After seven days, the color gradually fades and disappears. But new petechiae appear.

(2) Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura has a slow onset and is characterized by persistent or recurrent bleeding. Severe bleeding may occur not only on the skin, but also on the mucous membranes or internal organs.

(3) Rheumatic purpura: Slightly raised rice-sized ecchymoses appear on both lower limbs. Petechiae, wheals, or edematous erythema may also appear. At the same time, there may be swollen and painful joints, as well as systemic symptoms such as fever and weakness in the limbs.

(4) Abdominal purpura has the same skin manifestations as rheumatic purpura, but may also cause abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, tenesmus, bloody stools, and in severe cases, intussusception.