Hi mamas....first off, please no one respond with scary scenarios...I have a really bad anxiety
disorder, and I get really freaked about my little one. I am looking for reassurance only :)
My 2 year old son is growing well, just had his check up and is full of energy an happy. He is blonde and very fair. A few days ago I noticed that he had a cluster of pin prick looking red dots on his cheek by his ear, kind of like broken blood vessles. There are also 4 or 5 other individual pin pricks in other places across jis face. They are so small and faint, no one (and I mean no one notices them, but me, because my anxiety causes me to look him over with a fine tooth comb). I made a mistake and googled it, and some scary stuff came up about petechiae....like cancer and blood disorders. There were mostly referring to break outs like a rash, which this definitely wouldn't constitute as, but now I am terrified. They also did a routine iron test on hi,m and it was fine, so that's a good sign I hope.I am going to take him to the dr tomorrow, but still am worried. Anybodies kiddos have anything like this? And yep, I am medicated for my anxiety....sometimes it just gets the best of me. :( Thanks mamas!
Thanks for all the kind words mamas :) I did take him in today, and I was right. They are petechiae...but not scary ones. Normal facial ones caused from straining, screaming, scratches and bumps. The ped that saw us today was not my normal, but another ped in the office. He has been practicing for 35 years and said my son was the picture of health. I asked if he needed a blood test to check on things, and he said no....that he could say from 35 years of experience that what my son had was not serious and totally normal. I am going to take his word for it :) thanks for helping me and all of the kind words :l
Not on my kid, but me-- EVERY TIME I throw up I get HORRIBLE petechiae ALL over my face and sometimes even in the whites of my eyes. I'm also very fair skinned and bruise VERY easily. I think some of us are just more prone to it than others. Mine always clears up in a few days!
Hi J.,
I am sure your son is just fine! My kids have had SO many little pin pricks, bumps, pimple looking things, rashes and what-nots on their lil' faces it isn't even funny...not just their faces but all over their lil' bodies! I was a worried mess in the beginning too...still am if I am being truthful! Right this minute my oldest son has a cluster of what you describe on his face below his left eye...he fell on the carpet and that is what marks it left! Ha!
Let the Dr. take a look but I bet you $ it's nothing!
From one anxiety ridden Mom to another, I say: Try not to worry too much until there is a reason to worry!
Big hugs!
My son was born with petechiae because I had antibodies destroying his platelets while I was pregnant. My others were treated while I was pregnant. The petechiae looked like a purple rash. If that was what your child has, it would be more obvious. He had a low platelet count but he was fine. No long term effects. If there was a serious problem, you'd know for sure. My kids will get weird rashes that are very minor and faint and I, like you, am over anxious and thinking the worse. But my son who was born with the petechiae, is now 18 years old. I have 5 children and they're all healthy. I had severe anxiety about my kids too. The think that helped me was I had to train myself to stop it. It sounds weird but it was controlling my life and I can't take meds even if I wanted to because I'm allergic to everything. I started praying about it every time I'd feel anxious and train myself to think about happier things and think about how healthy my kids are and how blessed I am. I'd focus on the happy and not the "what if's." This took awhile to overcome but I'm happy to say that I'm much better now and I don't have anxiety anymore. Sometimes it will creep in but I take it to God and think about my blessings. If there is a certain situation that is troubling me, I think about it for 10 minutes straight, then let it go. I learned that trick in a book on anxiety and it really does help. But the trick is to completely let it go after thinking about it for 10 minutes straight. I've heard that most of the stuff we worry about either doesn't happen or has already happened. Once your little one is cleared by the doctor today, let it go and enjoy him. If there's a problem, you'll know. You're not going to overlook anything. Good luck and hang in there!!!
My husband has some red moles on his skin that sound like what you are describing. Could be just moles or "skin tags". Doesn't sound serious to me at all. Fair skinned people end up with a lot of discolorations and things. Don't worry Mama!
I looked up face dryness around mouth area and found a pretty good assesment of many different rashes, dryness, blood vessel markings etc. explanations on Dr Sears web page.
IMO, this isn't healthy to do this to yourself. I understand that to a degree it is normal to have fears for your kids but, what if something "real" happens? Will you be strong and able to hold it together so your child can heal or get treatment? I say this with feeling and Not judgement, you really should seek counceling. I'm happy your on medication but, sometimes that isn't enough. You have a lifetime of ups and downs, bangs and bruises, illness and the list goes on. You need to be able to manage and not make your self sick with worry! Your going to shorten your life with all of the worry and anxiety!
I have anxiety as well and I personally feel like if you can manage it on your own great. If you need meds fine, it's good that you recognize that you need more. If that doesn't help then you need to take it a step futher for you and your family. Remember that your not the only one that suffers with this, it effects everyone around you just as depression or anything else like this.
You seem like your more than on top of things so Don't worry!! Your child will be just fine!! Enjoy this time!! They are only little for a short time, trust me time flies.
Take care, everything will be just fine with your little one.
Doesn't sound like anything to worry about at all. Their skin is so sensitive and delicate...anything can cause a little irritation.
My son gets EXACTLY what you are describing on his face after he plays with his Dad...his beard/5 o'clock shadow rubs his skin and leaves those red dots all the time...usually fade in an hour or so.
Nothing to worry about!!! :)
Yes, this sounds like petechiae, broken small blood vessels. My grandson gets them when he runs and plays hard. They're nothing to be concerned about.
Just to back up your peds. answer, my son had a little spot on his face that looked similar to what you described. I thought it might be a rash just starting to form. It was a small almost circular area with the little red pinpricks, and turns out the next day, little scabs had formed. He had apparently scratched his face with something and it was a bit worrisome at first, but turned out to be nothing but a little scratch.
