Small red dots on the hands of adults or children - the causes of subcutaneous and superficial rashes
Dots, spots, pimples are a change in the condition of the epidermis as a result of disease or aggressive environmental influences. Abundant rashes on the hands have different names: “pimples”, “goose bumps”, “chicken skin”. Doctors call the pathology dermatitis. Most red bumps go away without medical intervention, such as irritation. Children's sensitive skin, unpredictable body reactions in a pregnant woman, may respond to stress or changes in weather - red dots or spots appear.
Why do they appear on hands?
- Allergy. In modern conditions of nervousness and polluted ecology, the list of allergens includes water, air, fabrics, and paper money.
- Damage to blood vessels due to lack of vitamin C and K. Vascular formations - angiomas and hemangiomas. If you are concerned about swelling and pain in the joints, dryness of the mucous membranes of the eyes and mouth, then small dots signal rheumatic inflammation.
- Contagious diseases: subcutaneous mites, rubella, syphilis, scabies, measles, fungi, bacterial infections (streptoderma).
- Non-communicable internal diseases. The release of red spots on the hands after an attack of hepatitis or pancreatitis. Dots on the skin of the hands appear in people with diabetes.
- Autoimmune. A functional immune disorder in which the body destroys itself.
- Avitaminosis. In this case, you need to normalize your diet and take a course of multivitamins.
To find out why red dots appeared on your hands, you need to use a general blood test to find out whether the number of platelets is reduced. To check their performance, examine platelet adhesion and aggregation. Take tests for infections, check the liver for hepatitis, and perform an ultrasound examination of the abdominal organs. When red spots appear on the hands, self-medication and lack of diagnosis ends tragically.
Rash on hands photo
Red spots on hands photo
Rash on hands in the form of red dots
The description of cutaneous vasculitis includes purpura, petechiae, and nodules. The disease affects the walls of blood vessels, as a result, organs do not receive the necessary blood supply, and their tissues die. Treatment is aimed at eradicating the causes of vasculitis. The rheumatologist prescribes antihistamines and immunomodulators, and in advanced cases, hormonal steroid therapy.
After using detergents and cosmetics, my wrists became covered with contact dermatitis in the form of eczema or urticaria. Analyze the composition of soap, shower gel and other cosmetics, look at the skin reaction after using different products. Women at the end of pregnancy suffer from a rash on their hands in the form of red dots. In this case, the skin may dry, itch, peel, and return to normal after childbirth. Doctors call this late toxicosis and recommend excluding possible irritants.
Red dots on fingers
In transport or when shaking hands with a patient, it is easy to pick up scabies. High risk of infection in hot weather. The skin sweats and accumulates germs. The scabies mite makes noticeable subcutaneous passages, laying eggs there. Red dots on the fingers are visible between the phalanges, on the folds, palms and wrists. Itching worsens at night when mites are active. Scratching the red spots can lead to infection and fester. Treatment comes down to stopping the allergic reaction to the activity of the scabies pathogen and disinfection.
Red dots on a child's hand
The baby's developing digestive tract frightens parents with a skin reaction in the form of red spots. Moving and climate change, instability of the child’s nervous system, insect bites and contact with animals are factors not associated with diseases to which the body reacts with red dots on the child’s arm. They soon pass. Their origin in children is determined by the same thing as in adults, but even experienced parents are better off not “guessing” by the palm of their baby, but contact a pediatrician.
Red dots on hands
Blood clotting disorders and overdose of anticoagulants lead to the appearance of red spots on the hands and wrists, spontaneous hematomas and small pinpoint hemorrhages under the skin on the backs of the hands are formed. Some points become benign formations - hemangiomas. Their damage is dangerous due to high blood loss. Such defects on the hands are not dangerous and do not require surgical intervention if they do not cause serious discomfort.
Red dots on the arms above the elbow
Vessels that burst as a result of physical exertion look like small, prick-sized, red dots on the arms above the elbow. Excessively dry skin on the forearm may develop white or red bumps called keratosis pilaris. The affected areas are smeared with emollients. These diseases are not dangerous and are not inflammatory in nature.
