[therezamackenzie]

This is a family member of mine! This is a very very new problem he's having! He's in his late sixties and is generally healthy, although he did suffer from a bad case of pneumonia last year around Christmas time. Hopefully it gets sorted out somehow, and soon!

http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-c...n/con-20034239

[Keydog]

Looks itchy

[winvens]

Originally Posted by Keydog ↗

Looks itchy

Also sore and very uncomfortable.

Hope it clears up soon!

[Oswald2001]

Desperate cry for attention.

[kellyhound]

looks nasty, hope it doesn't itch.

[Blu]

That just looks painful.

[vagabond]

Hope he gets better soon, and they find out what's causing it!

[therezamackenzie]

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a disorder that can lead to easy or excessive bruising and bleeding. The bleeding results from unusually low levels of platelets — the cells that help your blood clot.

Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, which is also called immune thrombocytopenic purpura, affects both children and adults. Children often develop idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura after a viral infection and usually recover fully without treatment. In adults, however, the disorder is often chronic.

Treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura depends on your symptoms, your platelet count and your age. If you don't have signs of bleeding and your platelet count isn't too low, treatment for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura usually isn't necessary. More serious cases may be treated with medications or, in critical situations, with surgery.Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) may have no symptoms. When signs and symptoms do occur, they may include:

Easy or excessive bruising (purpura) — your skin naturally bruises and bleeds more easily as you age, but this shouldn't be confused with ITP
Superficial bleeding into your skin that appears as a rash of pinpoint-sized reddish-purple spots (petechiae), usually on your lower legs
Prolonged bleeding from cuts
Spontaneous bleeding from nose
Bleeding gums, especially after dental work
Blood in urine or stools
Unusually heavy menstrual flow
FatigueThe exact cause of ITP isn't known. That's why it's referred to as idiopathic, which means "of unknown cause." It is known, however, that in people with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, the immune system malfunctions and begins attacking platelets as if they were foreign substances.

Antibodies produced by your immune system attach themselves to the platelets, marking the platelets for destruction. The spleen, which helps your body fight infection, recognizes the antibodies and removes the platelets from your system. The result of this case of mistaken identity is a lower number of circulating platelets than is normal.

A normal platelet count is generally higher than 150,000 platelets per microliter of circulating blood. People with ITP often have platelet counts below 20,000. As the number of platelets decreases, your risk of bleeding increases. The greatest risk is when your platelet count falls very low — below 10,000 platelets per microliter. At this point, internal bleeding may occur despite a lack of any injury.

In most children with ITP, the disorder follows a viral illness, such as the mumps or the flu. It may be that an infection sets off the immune system, triggering it to malfunction.

[cocopoops]

My legs looked EXACTLY like this in 2012- I was diagnosed with HSP- http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henoch–Schönlein_purpura

If they are sure it's what you say that's good- if not don't rule this out- I ended up with severely damaged kidneys which are still not 100%.

[cocopoops]

My thread way back
http://www.documentingreality.com/fo...my-legs-88600/