Talk:Petechia

excess serotonin
can also cause petechia. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.166.204.172 (talk • contribs) 01:29, 12 November 2008

Why no mention of Vitamin C deficiency? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.186.7.170 (talk) 05:00, 29 April 2016 (UTC)

Photos
Case photos are always very helpful for articles like this. Could some be made available?

The caption on the second photo is gibberish. Can it be made clear? 202.80.39.173 (talk) 00:26, 12 May 2010 (UTC)

Agreed - the caption is nonsensical as the author hasn't used hyphens - I'm removing the photo until a more meaningful caption can be added.

Herbs, foods, and vitamins, as well as drugs, can cause petechia
A few examples include

antiplatelet OR platelet AND Blueberries OR Cocoa  OR Curcumin  "stops platelets from clumping together to form blood clots." http://umm.edu/health/medical/altmed/herb/turmeric Fish oil OR EPA and DHA  OR Garlic OR Ginkgo  OR Green tea catechins (ECGC)  OR Saint John's Wort  OR Vitamin E

Silymarin "Milk thistle may cause ... decreased platelets ... " Mayo Clinic http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/milk-thistle/safety/hrb-20059806

Boswellian

All of these are beneficial in small doses, perhaps in part because of their antiplatelet effect (like aspirin). The dose makes the poison.

Many drugs have a pronounced anti-platelet aggregation effect. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ocdcntx (talk • contribs) 18:15, 29 July 2015 (UTC)

Removed material that was out of place
Original text: "Petechiae in children can occur with viral infections. In such cases, they do not necessarily signify something serious. However, potentially serious illnesses, such as meningococcemia can cause death within 48 hours of infection and therefore, their presence should not be ignored." It was in the section on Neisseria. Since it's not about that bacterium, I removed it. If you think it goes in some other section, restore it there. IAmNitpicking (talk) 23:18, 5 October 2019 (UTC)

Clarify "platelets of 3"
Hi @Doc James, I'm confused by the wording "platelets of 3" used on this page. Is it referring to platelet count? If so, what's the unit being used? I just added a Clarification needed to that effect. Digging a little deeper, I found the same verbiage used on the original image you uploaded to Wikimedia as well as on the page for ITP and another image used there. Based on that page, I'm guessing the unit is count per nanolitre.

— W.andrea (talk) 05:04, 3 September 2022 (UTC)


 * User:W.andrea 3 × 10^9/L Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 17:13, 8 September 2022 (UTC)

Forensic Science
This entire section reads like an op-ed, and is lacking in citations. Not sure what the relevance of the reference to George Floyd is about 170.173.0.16 (talk) 01:23, 18 February 2024 (UTC)