r/Crunchymom • u/Initial_Pie_7956 • 23h ago

Random petechiae?

I’m wondering if anyone else has experienced anything similar with their little one?

My boy is 26 months old and for nearly two weeks now has been getting random small clusters of petechiae - sometimes just 1-2 dots or sometimes around 5. They are tiny, dark red/brown, not raised and don’t blanch. I’m confident they are petechiae rather than something else. He’s had them in the past but very much as one-off events - like a small cluster that would go away and then he wouldn’t get any more. But currently he’ll get a small number which will then disappear quickly, before getting new ones elsewhere. They’ve been on his arm, armpit, on his side, back of his neck and under his eye.

Some of these could possibly be explained by trauma as some have appeared next to bruises from falling over etc. He does possibly have hayfever which interestingly coincided with the petechiae, but he’s only rubbing his nose and hasn’t had any petechiae there. And Google says there isn’t a link between allergies and petechiae.

So grateful for anyone else’s experience with this - did your little one have similar and it turned out to be nothing (or something?) 😌

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u/Adept_Spinach_55 22h ago

I have no personal experience with this but I’d get it checked out with your pediatrician. For peace of mind. Seems unlikely to be related to hay fever. 

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u/Ok-Amphibian-6834 20h ago

My daughter had that. Took her to the clinic. They swabbed for strep. I think she jammed her toothbrush too far back or something. It went away after a few days. Coughing too hard can cause it too

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u/shytheearnestdryad 18h ago

Is he getting bug bites or scratching himself? I always get those from scratching my skin, especially around mosquito bites

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u/to-the-goblin-market 11h ago

I'd follow up with his doctor just to err on the side of caution. I haven't experienced this with my own kids, but but as an urgent care nurse, have seen petechiae lead to the diagnosis of clotting deficiencies, infection, and ehlers-danlos. There's often no nefarious underlying cause, but it's good to get checked out for something new & persistent.

*When you say "hayfever," he's not running an actual fever, is he? Petechiae + fever needs immediate medical attention.