What causes blood spots on hands?

Have you ever had little red blood spots appearing on your hands? Now, I’m not talking about if you hit your hand against something and it becomes kinda blue before disappearing; these are small ruby-colored or bright-red pinpoints that appear without any reason. They might seem like a harmless annoyance at first, but they can become quite frustrating over time. Here’s what to know:

First of all: don’t panic

Blood spots on hands (formally known as petechiae) aren’t generally the result of anything serious. Often, small vessels under the skin are being ruptured which causes blood to leak into the surrounding area.

Even though petechiae is technically classified as an idiopathic symptom, some possible reasons for this problem include:

Poor clotting factors

Not everyone has ideal clot function in their bloodstream – it’s called having a bleeding disorder.

Injury

That said, getting physically injured can cause internal bleeding like collection of fluid packed with broken down blood cells (hematoma).

Here are other potential culprits for those dreaded little red dots on our fingers,

Certain medications

Some meds carry a risk of petechiae side effects especially antiplatelet agents like low-dose aspirin and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory antipyretics

Infection or illness

Various viral infections have been linked with causing excessive bruising and/or easy-bleeding phenomenon so people may be more prone to developing purpura simplex

So how do you know what’s going on?
If your blotches persist for days together and occur along with other possible manifestations such as nose or gum bleedings ,fever/chill spells etc., then seeking expert advice would be best!

But here’s some information may help clear things up

## The Clotting Factor
Ever wonder how cuts stop bleeding? Coagulation is another term, but this terms stands for the way our bodies slow down blood flow so that wounds can eventually close up. If people don’t have normal clot production or if they’re taking a prescription modifying it, coagulation signalling may be mishandled.

Vitamin K Deficiency

The current theory of why repeated petechiae occuring on both sides of body simultaneously happens points towards vitamin K deficiency, which essentially leads to inhibition in producing enough clots and increases the likelihood of bruises arising.

| Food source  | Daily recommended intake (microgram) |
| ------------| ------------------------------------|
| Spinach     | 145                                   |
| Broccoli   |100                                     |
| Carrots       | 7                                           |

Most leafy greens are good sources. So regardless of whether you try some braised collards tonight or make swiss chard with quinoa in the morning, keep those greens handy.

Side effects from medication

When functionally sound platelets cannot come together properly mediators like Histamine gets secreted into bloodstream albeit at higher levels than required which could not only result in unwanted side-effects like itchiness experienced all over one’s skin but also contribute to more frequent blood spots appearing due to internal hemorrhages occurring without conscious knowledge.

But if you’re asking yourself “what did I do differently?” recently regarding drugs intake since onset ie medicines same as what used to eat — that likely won’t unlock any grand mysteries either.

Blood vessel conditions

Petechiae were occasionally observed by doctors after treating patients who had capillary-related diseases such as Thrombocytopenia where lower count of platelet cell leads the blood vessels unable to clot optimally resulting visible patches that only get bigger with time passing; luckily these aren’t too common because causes behind them typically involve more serious health conditions.

### Purpura
Going beyond the first petechiae spotting may result in purplish patches (purpuric) instead of reddishness. People who have blood clotting issues typically also see bruises, excessive bleeding from small injuries and possibly bloody vomit or gums, which should truly not be ignored at any costs!

Fortunately that’s not to say every red dot on finger is related with aforementioned diagnoses..

What treatment plans are available?

Most pinhead-sized stains will go away all by themselves within a few days’ time. And if you do find a pattern marking your skin instead of sporadic dots emerging it would still be recommended by some experts to let natural recovery process continue transparently ie provide them enough care through nutrition/vitamin supplements.

But whenever petechia episodes happen frequently without any preceding symptoms then you could always assess probability for therapy:

Laser Treatments

Promising early results involve using laser energy as an effective way to speed up natural healing processes within hematoma cells and improve short-term appearances too! Typically multiple cometic sessions required here but conceptually pretty cool..

Surgical intervention

For pinpoint hemorrhages resulting into heightened amount of ‘dangerous spots’ then there’s treatments like micro-incisions which kinda sound worse than they actually are (think little closed sores post-op).

IV administration

more extreme cases such as people whose platelets aren’t meshing at optimal levels usually need transfusions (which isn’t fun), stem cell procedures etc.

So if you’re noticing pesky red marks on your hand popping up seemingly out of nowhere—don’t worry—it’s more likely than not nothing serious. Just make sure we seek professional attention when paired with concerning developments elsewhere in our body or failing several attempts at home symptom check-ups!

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