What causes pin prick like bruising?

[Dumbledoresgirl]

My son has some really odd marks on his shoulder - a bit like bruising or minor burst blood vessels in a patch. It doesn't hurt him and he can't remember bashing his shoulder at all but he is 11 and might not remember every knock.

I really have never seen anything like it and I am wondering if anyone else recognises this condition.

[PacificDogwood]

I totally understand why you are worried and reassuring a worried person/parent is part of what Drs do, so for that reason alone I'd get him checked out. I am a GP, BTW, and get shown and investigate "funny bruises" all the time. I cannot remember the last time a bruise in a healthy child ment anything much at all .

Also, have you ever been hit by a volley ball?? Ouch, hurts, and is currently my favourite suspect to have caused the bruise.

Let us know what emerged

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Thanks Yurtgirl and PD (PD, I guessed you were a medical sort, using the language you did, and being the dd of doctors myself, I tend to identify medical types quite easily )

I am almost crying here such is my state but dh and mil who is here too are both telling me to get an appt tomorrow with the GP and not to assume the worst. So I will definitely do that tomorrow, but wish it wasn't necessary. It really wouldn't have been the volleyball as they did not use proper balls and my ds is not a sporty type and quite a wimp so he would have mentioned if he had been bashed by one. But hopefully the cause is something else, like carrying his bag or some other boisterous play.

[bubbleymummy]

hope your doc appt went ok. Just wanted to tell you that my DS1 (3) had what you described on his lower neck near his shoulder and I freaked out and took him to the doc. Turned out it was from his seatbelt. It was only when I fastened him into his carseat again that I realised the strap was in that exact place. Not sure if it was a sudden stop or if it was from him wrenching around in his seat during a tantrum (more likely!) but it did turn out to be nothing and it went away after a few days. Keep us posted...

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Well, after being on here last night, my mil pointed out that ds had actually fallen over at school on Friday and had a grass stain on his shirt to show for it. So I went and looked and saw that the stain was about where his bruising is so that made me feel better as at last we had a reason for bruising to be there.

I then rang my mother this morning (a doctor and the sister of my uncle who died young of leukaemia) and she told me a lot more about the bruising that my uncle used to get and reassured me that it was nothing like what ds has. So that helped to lessen the link in my mind with leukaemia. My mother thinks it is nothing to worry about as ds is otherwise healthy (as PacificDogwood said yesterday). Ds's bruise seems to be fading a bit today so I have decided I am reassured enough not to go to the GP with it this time though obviously I will be on the look-out for any other odd bruising.

Thank you all for answering my thread yesterday and bubbleymummy for asking after me today. I now have another problem with one of my other sons I am worried about (possible depression) if anyone has anything to offer on that subject (in mental health but not receiving much response so far).

How hard it is to be a mother!

[FabBakerGirlIsBack]

I hope you are all okay now.

Much better to be a worrier than not to be bothered.

[littleweed]

i have this on my thigh today - no idea how it got there - am wondering if it linked to my anemia?

[Yurtgirl]

Hi Dumble - my ds has red spots within a purple bruise; today!

I thought of your ds straight away - mine is carrying on as if its a major trauma!
Its a bruise

[Dumbledoresgirl]

Oh Yurtgirl, I hope you didn't panic as much as me! My ds's bruise was fading within a day of posting here and it was completely gone in 2 more days. I still don't know what caused it but I guess it is one of those things.

[Yurtgirl]

No I didnt panic
I thought oh look what an interesting bruise

Ds was panicing and creating

I told him that bruises are available in brown, yellow, green, and purple