For a few months now I've found more and more tiny red spots. They definitely look like tiny drops of blood, not freckles. Some are a bit bigger than others and they're all over my arms, legs and I've just noticed some on my chest.
I've also been incredibly tired lately. I've never needed much sleep, always been a morning person and I've been sleeping for up to 12 hours these past few months.
My mind immediately jumped to leukemia (because I'm a worrier and my mind always jumps to doom and gloom diagnoses ). That's unlikely, isn't it?
Other options I had thought of are vitamin B12 deficiency (but I take vitamins so that shouldn't be the case), some random viral infection (no fever, no other symptoms) and anemia (but I'm not particularly pale and I haven't noticed being shorter of breath when running).
No need to worry yet, right? Any ideas?
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Red spots (petechiae?) Should I be worried?
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rivierliedje · 02/04/2014 15:05
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