alert! Red spots on the body due to cold

Experts told us that if you get red spots on your body when you have a cold, you must be vigilant when this symptom occurs, because when this symptom occurs, it may be caused by acute immune thrombocytopenia, which is a symptom caused by the cold virus. There will be many bleeding spots on the skin. The patient must stay in bed to rest, avoid collision, and avoid bleeding.

alert! Red spots on the body due to cold

This type of patients often have invisible gastrointestinal mucosal bleeding, so they are best to eat liquid food and never touch hard food to prevent massive gastrointestinal bleeding. In general, patients with acute immune thrombocytopenia can recover after 10-14 days of hospitalization as long as they are treated promptly. However, 20%-30% of acute patients will develop chronic immune thrombocytopenia if there is no effect after half a year of treatment. Dr. Cheng said: "Chronic immune thrombocytopenia patients can be divided into two categories. One category is that when treatment is stopped, the platelet count can still be maintained at 50,000-60,000. This group of people does not need any treatment at all, and it will not affect their quality of life. The other category is that the platelet count is relatively low and may require lifelong hormone treatment. Spontaneous bleeding may occur at any time, and they cannot take care of themselves in general life."

Why is a minor cold related to platelets in the blood?

On the one hand, the cold virus itself has the power to destroy platelets. On the other hand, the antibodies produced against the cold virus can also destroy platelets. Therefore, when a cold occurs, it causes a sharp drop in platelet count. The small red dots on the skin are bleeding spots hidden under the skin.

"If the condition is serious, there will be symptoms such as blood blisters in the mouth, bleeding teeth, nosebleeds, increased menstrual flow in women during menstruation, internal bleeding, black stools, etc., so it is important to pay attention and seek medical attention as soon as possible. Although the probability of such dangerous conditions is not high, we should not be lucky, because once it happens, no one can estimate the consequences.