skin health

Petechiae - Causes and Symptoms

Definition

Flat and roundish spots caused by a micro hemorrhage in the skin or mucous membranes

Small petechiae clearly visible; close-up shot

Possible Causes * of Petecchie

  • Infectious Cellulite
  • Chikungunya
  • Liver Cirrhosis
  • Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation
  • Dengue
  • Ebola
  • Haemophilia
  • Infective endocarditis
  • Lassa fever
  • Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
  • Marburg hemorrhagic fever
  • Yellow fever
  • Hepatic fibrosis
  • Cytomegalovirus infection (CMV)
  • Leptospirosis
  • Leukemia
  • myxoma
  • Molluscum contagiosum
  • Neuroblastoma
  • omphalitis
  • Pre-eclampsia
  • Rubella
  • Septic shock
  • trichinosis
  • Cardiac tumors