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What Causes Blood To Rise To Skin Around Extremities?
Question: I have had several steroid injections in my back and neck to relieve pain resulting from an auto accident. I am experiencing blood surfacing on my skin (arms and legs). It appears as multiple clusters of little red dots or perfectly round purple spots that have a purple color. I have had a CBC done at an urgent care and advised that the results were within the normal range. I have an appointment with my doctor next month. Could the pain injections affect my blood platelets? I also take a low dose aspirin every day. Should I continue that as I have taken the aspirin as a preventative measure only and have no existing medical condition which would suggest the use of the low dose aspirin? With regard to the pain injections, I have had three within the last 4 months. The second injection caused extreme side affects such as moon face and weight gain, and I was told that perhaps that injection got into my blood stream, so the administering doctor indicated that he would reduce the amount of steroid with the next injection. Do you have any information or advise with regard to my blood rising to the surface of my skin on my extremities? I am 67 and have never had any serious health issues until now.
Brief Answer:
Talk to your doctor about the dose of aspirin.Steroids have no role in this
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through your query. The steroid injections are being given to reduce the inflammation and pain in your healing muscles. They are unlikely to have any relationship to low platelet count of development of subcutaneous bleeding patches as in your case. Rather, aspirin, even in low doses, would have a role to play in this regard. Besides, at your age, such manifestations are quite common since the skin gets thinned out with age and there can be bleeding with even minor trauma. The auto accident and the trauma of the injections have a role to play in this regard. It is not 'blood rising to the extremities', it is just subcutaneous bleeding due to minor trauma and the thinned out skin has reduced integrity and makes it more prone for the blood vessels to rupture due to trauma that you might not even be aware of.
If there is no underlying medical condition requiring you to take aspirin, why are you taking it? I would not advise self medication. I would insist you to visit a doctor and get opinion in this regard, moreso because you are developing the hemorrhagic manifestations.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Kunal Saha
Talk to your doctor about the dose of aspirin.Steroids have no role in this
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on HealthcareMagic.
I have gone carefully through your query. The steroid injections are being given to reduce the inflammation and pain in your healing muscles. They are unlikely to have any relationship to low platelet count of development of subcutaneous bleeding patches as in your case. Rather, aspirin, even in low doses, would have a role to play in this regard. Besides, at your age, such manifestations are quite common since the skin gets thinned out with age and there can be bleeding with even minor trauma. The auto accident and the trauma of the injections have a role to play in this regard. It is not 'blood rising to the extremities', it is just subcutaneous bleeding due to minor trauma and the thinned out skin has reduced integrity and makes it more prone for the blood vessels to rupture due to trauma that you might not even be aware of.
If there is no underlying medical condition requiring you to take aspirin, why are you taking it? I would not advise self medication. I would insist you to visit a doctor and get opinion in this regard, moreso because you are developing the hemorrhagic manifestations.
Hope that helps.
Regards
Dr. Kunal Saha
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