Toby2000
20-02-15, 15:49
Hi,
So as many of you know, for the past 4 months I have had a horrible anxiety of leukaemia. I've posted about this before and I have read every single one of my replies, and I'm grateful for them. I know it seems like I'm rambling on about the same thing all the time, but I'm genuinely scared at the moment. Here are my symptoms..
Petechiae
The petechiae that I've been getting is my main symptom. I've been it for about 3-4 months and it is literally scattered all over my lower legs, some on my upper legs. If you look on Google images and search "Petechiae" you see like big perfectly round dots all over your legs and horrible bruising. Mine are like tiny, tiny red dots that you have to look up close to see. Some are in groups and closer together, but aren't clustered. I know it's petechiae because it's under my skin, not raised and they come and go.
However, I do have around 10 dots scattered around my legs that are red and the same size of the petechiae, but are topped with a minuscule scab like thing. Like literally the size of a pinprick, maybe smaller. Not sure if it's petechiae though.
Headaches
I do get very mild headaches around my forehead area quite often, but these feel like tension headaches.
Itchy Skin
I have noticed in the past few months my skin has been really itchy, especially on my legs, under my chin and on my scalp. My legs are the itchiest, especially when exposed.
Rash
On my legs and inner thighs I have also noticed that I sometimes get these little pink raised rash mark things that aren't itchy. They're about the size of a 10p coin and I notice them in patches on my legs sometimes. Like 3-4 patches on my legs. Most of them are the size of a 5p coin. One that I had also had the petechiae dots on them, which did scare me!
I had an abdominal examination 3 weeks ago and I have no lumps or masses.
Haven't had a blood test. I may be going to the doctors next week.
What do you think is going on?
Thanks,
Toby.
PS. I'm 14 years old and have always been pale, if that helps.
---------- Post added at 15:49 ---------- Previous post was at 14:38 ----------
Anyone? Anything?
So as many of you know, for the past 4 months I have had a horrible anxiety of leukaemia. I've posted about this before and I have read every single one of my replies, and I'm grateful for them. I know it seems like I'm rambling on about the same thing all the time, but I'm genuinely scared at the moment. Here are my symptoms..
Petechiae
The petechiae that I've been getting is my main symptom. I've been it for about 3-4 months and it is literally scattered all over my lower legs, some on my upper legs. If you look on Google images and search "Petechiae" you see like big perfectly round dots all over your legs and horrible bruising. Mine are like tiny, tiny red dots that you have to look up close to see. Some are in groups and closer together, but aren't clustered. I know it's petechiae because it's under my skin, not raised and they come and go.
However, I do have around 10 dots scattered around my legs that are red and the same size of the petechiae, but are topped with a minuscule scab like thing. Like literally the size of a pinprick, maybe smaller. Not sure if it's petechiae though.
Headaches
I do get very mild headaches around my forehead area quite often, but these feel like tension headaches.
Itchy Skin
I have noticed in the past few months my skin has been really itchy, especially on my legs, under my chin and on my scalp. My legs are the itchiest, especially when exposed.
Rash
On my legs and inner thighs I have also noticed that I sometimes get these little pink raised rash mark things that aren't itchy. They're about the size of a 10p coin and I notice them in patches on my legs sometimes. Like 3-4 patches on my legs. Most of them are the size of a 5p coin. One that I had also had the petechiae dots on them, which did scare me!
I had an abdominal examination 3 weeks ago and I have no lumps or masses.
Haven't had a blood test. I may be going to the doctors next week.
What do you think is going on?
Thanks,
Toby.
PS. I'm 14 years old and have always been pale, if that helps.
---------- Post added at 15:49 ---------- Previous post was at 14:38 ----------
Anyone? Anything?