Since my daughter was a baby she gets a non blanching purple dot rash (petechiae). It looks exactly the same as meningitis but isn’t.
I went to the hospital, and to the GP multiple times. Nobody gave answers.
she had a blood test around age 6, which was a full blood count and was normal.
she’s now 10, and this rash still comes and goes. She’s always been very pale looking , and she’s currently on the waiting list for an autism assessment. The reason for this is she’s anxious all the time, has sensory issues like sensitivity to loud sounds, bright lights etc, if certain textures are touching her skin she can’t concentrate and has a melt down. She has low mood a lot of the time and struggles doing normal things.
a dermatologist ignored her rashes and gave cream for her eczema. she didn’t have a rash at the appointment so they wouldn’t discuss it.
she also regularly complains her legs hurt. When she was little and first started walking she’d regularly walk funny, she had an xray and they put it down to growing pains.
and yes kids can have growing pain. But she says it almost daily! “Mum my legs really hurt”
and yes , she could be autistic! , and that’s okay. But somethings just niggling in my mind. Could any of her symptoms be linked to this rash?
it’s not even an actual skin rash , petechiae is bleeding under the skin. and doesn’t happen for no reason.
a dr told me it’s most likely viral. But she wouldn’t have had a virus since birth… this rash is there at least every few days. And it isn’t just in one place, it can be anywhere on her body.
something just isn’t sitting right with me and I can’t explain it.
does anyone else have experience with anything similar?