Small unexplained bruises

[Crazytictac]

I noticed my DS had a small bruise on the back of his upper leg last week which I thought was odd as it's not really a place you'd expect to find one. It lasted a few days.

Tonight I've now noticed 2 small circular bruises on the back of both his arms ( near the elbows). It's just such a strange place to have them and I can't figure out how he could have got them. They are much smaller than 'regular' bruising. I'm going to take him to the GP next week but just wondered if anyone else has any experience of this?

Thanks

[Iggly]

Could anyone have held him tightly?

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

How old is your ds and where who does he socialise with, childcare school and age of other children? Maybe from playing, fighting or messing around? Do they look like finger marks or are they smaller, could someone have grabbed him or held him tightly?

[cosysocks]

I'm afraid I'm with iggy. Where you say they are would be worrying me that some had held him too tightly.
What's your gut instinct say?

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

How old is your ds and where who does he socialise with, childcare school and age of other children? Maybe from playing, fighting or messing around? Do they look like finger marks or are they smaller, could someone have grabbed him or held him tightly?

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

Sorry didn't mean to post that twice.

[Crazytictac]

No I don't think so. He's always with me apart from nursery 2 mornings a week but the bruises on his arms seem to have appeared this evening ( he hasn't been there since tues)

[Iggly]

They're fresh bruises?

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

So he is little then, what have you been doing today and yesterday, who where you with?

[cosysocks]

Well if your certain that they couldn't have been caused by anyone your doing the correct thing taking him to GP.

[knittedslippersx3]

Has he been on any medication? Dd covered in bruises once due to side effects of antibiotics.

[Crazytictac]

Sorry x posts. They don't look like children's finger tip marks but then I'm no expert.

He's well in himself so I'm trying not to get ahead of myself with doom case scenarios.

Appreciate your replies

[Crazytictac]

No medication. He's 2.5 and only with me and close friends / family but never out of min or DH sight

[bamboostalks]

Well clearly it's extremely unlikely and I hate to worry you, have thought twice about posting this but my friend's son had this and it ended up being leukaemia. Something to be alert you to if your GP is dismissive.

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

I doubt very much it is doom case scenario OP. but Imwould be aware of marks and bruises over the next few days before going to the drs.

[VerySmallSqueak]

Does he bump into and walk into things?
Could it be from bumping into corners (or whatever) of things?

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

Has there been any horseplay or struggling with nappies or getting out the bath etc, where you or dh have had to lift him at all, I think that it is more likely an unintentional cause if you have no concerns about anyone around him.

[discrete]

I've had small, unexplained bruises all my life. Still do.

Apparently it's just 'one of those things'. I just bruise very, very easily so things I might not even notice as an impact leave a bruise.

If someone held me ever so slightly hard (say, to stop me crossing a road without looking) as a child, I would come out in large bruises.

I've always had bruises around my legs - just from bumping into furniture or something like that.

AFAIK, there's nothing particularly to worry about. Well, at least 40 years on I'm still OK....

[Crazytictac]

That's what I'm frightened to death of bamboostalks but useful to know as our GP surgery is on the whole rubbish so I'm going to insist its taken seriously. He does have a raised lymph node behind his ear which has been there for a while but doctor wasn't concerned about that when I took him. In conjunction with the bruising, I am worried.

Thanks for all your replies

[JuliaFlyte]

Look out for a rash OP. When ds2 was little we noticed unexplained bruises appearing over a few days, then a rash which spread quickly. He spent a week in hospital with a condition called ITP, he had low platelets after a viral infection. He needed a platelet transfusion, but made a full recovery and is perfectly healthy now.

[Crazytictac]

Verysmallsqueak - he does run around a lot and will occasionally throw himself into the sofa/ his playhouse etc but I still can't see how the bruises would be where they are from doing this if you see what I mean

Enthusiastic troll- often a struggle to get him out of the bath or away from something he's been doing as he is very spirited but the bruises just don't seem to be where you would expect if they came about accidentally if you see what I mean. Absolutely no concerns about anybody around him

Discrete- thanks, hope that might just be the case here

[TheEnthusiasticTroll]

I think with raised nods I would actually take him OP. it may be indicative of more than just lukemia OP, so I would not worry just now. Just get him checked out when you can.

[out2lunch]

i was thinking itp too - a friend of dds had it as a toddler
i would go to gps to get a blood test done

[Crazytictac]

Thanks Juliaflyte. Will keep very close eye out.

You're all very kind to reply, I wasn't expecting to get any response. Thank you

[Chandon]

My DS has always had lots of bruises, as he bruises easily.

No need to panic imo

[oneandnomore]

My DD has always bruised easily, she is 7. She attended ENT clinic for her nose to ber cauterised as she had been having ongoing nose bleeds. Doctor couldn't see anything that needed cauterising, and asked if she bruises easily.
I said yes, she does. He sent her for some bloods and turns out her clotting factors are not in normal ranges, and she now needs further bloods to check what is going on.

So yes, I would take your DS, I thought the bruising wasn't anything to worry about, and hopefully our DC's will be fine, but it won't hurt to get advice from your GP.