Red spots on skin

[Eleonor777]

Hy everybody, I'm writing having the hope that someone will somehow have an answer to my problem. It all started 2 months ago when I noticed a lot of red tiny spots on my skin. They started developing quickly on my back, on my arms and and on my abdomen. I freaked out and I started searching the Internet for an answer and found a lot of terrible deseases like leukemia, lupus and vasculitis and this only freaked me out more. Then I went to a dermatologist who told me there was nothing to worry about because they are cherry angiomas. I came home started searching the Internet again for more information related to cherry agiomas and I found out that these kind of spots  do not disspear. I have indeed some spots that do not dissapear and look more like little moles and probably they really are cherry angiomas but I also have some simillar spots that do disspear after a couple of days. I also have some small broken cappilaries on my face, under my eyes. I'm only 22 and I read that this usually happens to elder people. Furthermore, what it's really concerning me is that that the doctor asked me if that kind of spots appeared in my mouth also. At that moment I did not have anything like this in my mouth but this morning I noticed about 3 or 4 little red spots in my mouth, on my cheek. I also mention that I had by blood test done and the CBC is normal, I have no low platelets. I am really scared, if these are petechiae, what could be the cause, what should I do?

[Ricobord]

If I were you, I would call my doctor back and ask the significance of the red bumps appearing in the mouth. Usually cherry angiomas appear on the torso.  My husband has lots of them. They get worse in the winter when his skin gets dry.  They shrink and some go away when he uses plenty of lotion, but he always has some of them.  They usually appear gradually, though, and in middle aged and older folks.

There is a bacterial infection transmitted by insect bites (or the scratch of a cat or dog) called Bartonella.  It can ocassionally cause a cherry angioma-looking rash of bumps.  If you want to get tested, it is called b.henselae.

[missxtacey]

I would see another doctor. I would keep seeing doctors until you get the answers you need & deserve. A sister of mine had developed spots and ended up seeing 5 different DRs in the course of a year. The spots were itchy & had gotten worse for her. The final doctor was getting ready to do a skin scraping to see if it was a type of skin cancer when another doctor came in and recognized it at SCABIES. She had little bugs ubder her skin for over a year!!!! None of my other family members had caught it even though it is contagious. It took a ton of Docs to discover this pretty common thing. Pretty gross.... Id def get a 2nd or 3rd opinion if your diagnosis doesnt match up with your symptoms. Good Luck!

[jessica_b]

First of all calm down!! Your doctor said it was nothing serious. Putting myself in  your position yes id be scared too but the human body is amazing and wil resolve itself naturally ask if theres anything  over the counter u can take to make the spots go away. I think you should stop and think that maybe your body is just acting up that you are allergic to something.