Red or purple spots on the skin due to deplatt

[ankur3042]

My father has gone thru angiplasy few months back and he started getting Red or purple spots on the skin. He is taking deplatt and atorvasatin. I heard this can be due to deplatt(Clopidogrel). Please let me know any treatment for the same .  should we discontinue Clopidogrel. Is there any alternative for this medicine in india.

[ed34]

It isn't a reaction to any medication. E45 and steroid cream helps a lot also.

[ankur3042]

Thankyou so much for information. So did you find any treatment as itching really pains

1) Have you stopped your heart medicine which causes skin reaction or find any substitute for that medicine(deplatt(Clopidogrel)).  
2) So its been 5 yrs now of your first angioplasty and still you are facing the same problem?.  Any other treatment or medication for skin you have found or just immersing my hands in hot water will work.

[ed34]

I've been getting this on my hands since my first angioplasty in 2007. The itching drives you mad and the fluid which leaks seems to leave a very dry area of skin which can crack unless you use lots of moisturiser. I did see a dermatologist in hospital and she had a good look at the spots. Not sure if it's the right diagnosis, but she said it's pompholyx. There is no cure, but if you google this, you will find a lot of information. What really helps with the itching in my case is immersing my hands in hot water. It seems to relieve the itching for a few hours at a time.

[ankur3042]

yes they are very itchy when they brust at end.. Its like they start from something watery get filled in skin , then it brust out and then thetystart itchng. They only finger of hands and feet , palm and below feet.

[ed34]

Are they itchy? do they come and go? which parts of the body? do the spots eventually burst?