What are the purple spots on my legs?

What are the purple spots on my legs? Many friends feel particularly panicked when they find purple spots on their legs, and they don’t know what kind of disease it is. In fact, many people in our lives have purple spots on their legs caused by purpura. Therefore, if you want to really understand what purple spots on your legs are, you must first have enough understanding of purpura. In order to give everyone a sufficient understanding of purpura, this article will give you a detailed introduction.

If there are purple spots on the legs, the first thing to consider is subcutaneous bleeding caused by trauma. If trauma can be ruled out, thrombocytopenic purpura or allergic purpura should be considered. It is recommended to go to the local hospital for a blood test to rule out thrombocytopenic purpura, and to the dermatology or hematology department to rule out allergic purpura. If it is confirmed to be thrombocytopenic purpura or allergic purpura, hospitalization and regular treatment are required.

Allergic purpura is a common type of hemorrhagic disease. The following types may appear before or after skin purpura occurs: ② Abdominal type: abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody stools. ③ Joint type: swollen and painful joints, mostly seen in the knees, ankles, wrists and elbows. ④ Renal type: There is macroscopic or microscopic hematuria and positive urine protein. ⑤Mixed type: Except cutaneous purpura, two or more of the other three types exist together. The treatment of Henoch-Schonlein purpura should first eliminate the pathogenic factors. Western medicine often uses antihistamines (such as astemizole, chlorpheniramine, etc.), drugs that reduce vascular permeability (such as anloxin, rudin, vitamin C, etc.), and prednisone to treat this disease.

For patients with renal type or those who do not respond well to prednisone, immunosuppressants (such as cyclophosphamide, azathioprine and other chemotherapy drugs) are also used. However, these methods cannot completely cure the disease and it often relapses. In addition, the long-term use of prednisone can cause a large number of side effects, which are manifested as: ① centripetal obesity, moon face, buffalo hump, hirsutism, acne, hypertension, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypokalemia, and osteoporosis. ② Induce or aggravate infection or spread potential lesions in the body. ③Induce or aggravate gastric and duodenal ulcers. ④ It can cause increased appetite, excitement, insomnia, and in some individuals it can induce mental illness and occasionally epilepsy. ⑤ Increases intraocular pressure and induces glaucoma and cataracts.

After understanding what the purple spots on the legs are, the best solution for people who have purple spots on the legs caused by purpura is to treat the purpura thoroughly. In addition, because the causes of allergic purpura are relatively complex, during the treatment, it is best for patients to avoid contact with things that are prone to allergies. In particular, be careful not to eat too much seafood, because seafood itself is easy to cause allergies in the human body.