My daughter is breaking out with red dots all over her body. What could it be?

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• The onset of symptoms, duration? any itching? associated fever or weight loss? history of jaundice? any relevant family history?

• The site of red spots? is it distributed to a specific area? because it can indicate etiology.

• Size of spots? it varies according to etiology.

• Photo of these spots will help us in proper diagnosis.

• Any bleeding from the affected site?

It could be ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura)/other hematological disorders/allergy/infection/HSP (Henoch-Schonlein Purpura) and many other disorders can present like this. We need to investigate these.Advice:

• Get done Complete Blood Count (CBC) from a good laboratory with peripheral blood smear, look for platelet count/size/clumping in the smear.

• Get done coagulogram (PT/APTT/INR/PTI) from a blood sample.

• Do not give any medication.

• Review with above-mentioned information and reports.

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