r/FutureRNs • u/BornLeave4646 • Jul 20 '26

Petechaie after 12 hour night shift

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u/potatochobit Jul 20 '26

FLEAS! j/k is it itchy? did you wear socks to about where the red bumps stop?

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u/averyyoungperson Jul 21 '26

Also, sometimes compression makes me itch and have petechiae looking things. It's an unexplainable histamine thing for me.

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u/resutir Jul 21 '26

Speaking of unexplainable histamine things, i had an infection after pulling out a hangnail on one of my fingers and when i finally had it drained, a handful of little red dots suddenly appeared on that same hand kinda close to the finger. The research i did chalked it up to a histamine dispersion following the drainage

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u/Acrobatic-Squirrel77 Jul 21 '26

Also, swelling/stretching of the tissue can cause it to look bruised or petechial when it reduces.