What is this?

[finished31]

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Elderly Dad in hospital and now developed these marks on his hands and arm. The staff are not sure what they are.

Any advice?

Pressure sores? Is he mobile at all?

He is between the bed & chair and able to walk to the toilet.

I wasn't aware you could get pressure sores on the hand

it's worrying that the staff can't identify them i'd think bruises , as the skin is so think bruises occur with the slight knock in the elderly.

A dr has been and is unsure. Apparently they will get a skin dr to look tomorrow ☹️

• so thin, or grade 1 pressure ulcers if he is immobile

Looks like bruises to me too. Elderly people have such paper thin skin.

Also you can get pressure sores anywhere on the body that there has been prolonged pressure. But they don't look like pressure sores to me.

Is he taking steroids as they can thin the skin and exacerbate bruising?

I would also say pressure sores

Is he taking Warfarin?

Definitely not pressure damage. Keep a close eyes. Very clearly defined purple.spoys like that may be the start of Steven Johnston syndrome. If it is, it will progress to blisters.

No he's not taking warfarin any more. He's 83.

I'm immunosuppressant too which is a concern incase it could be anything contagious.

Thank for all the replies.

I only asked about Warfarin as it's fairly common to get unexplained marks or bruising.
I hope he's okay and wish you well x

Thanks @Livebythecoast.

My friend suggested MRSA which has made me panic a bit tbh.

Looks like mrsa to me too. There is a slideshow of mrsa images on webMD and it looks very similar

I'm sure that's one thing (MRSA) that they'll test for routinely especially in a hospital environment.
Older peoples skin is extremely sensitive and thin and a simple knock could cause a mark and doesn't always represent anything sinister. Hopefully the hospital will give you some reassurance once they've carried out some tests x

I've called the ward and asked the sister can they test him because I've had an organ transplant I cannot risk going into visit until we know what it is.

Thanks again x

O bless him and you sending my love

Did you find out what it was OP?
I hope everything turned out ok

Probably a bit late now, but could they be insect bites? I had blandford fly bites last year and they looked just like that.

@finished31 did you ever find out what this was?

@nearlyfinished1moreyear no they done swabs and they all came back clear. It's not as angry now.

Thanks for asking