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When my arms are in a dependent position, my palms and fingers become VERY mottled and turn a reddish purple with white spots. Then of course when I raise my hands the blood rushes out and they revert to normal appearence. Doctor says vasculitis due to cytokine response. Anyone else have this?
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I was interested to hear this explanation because my palms are also mottled at times, either blotchy red, or white patches. But only sometimes, not all the time.
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I can't believe you mentioned this. I was going to ask my doc about this but too many more things on my B list last month.
I have mottled red palms-white normal color in the middle. Normal color on tops of hands. Pretty much all the time. I raised my hands and they are still red mottled.
This started last year. Would love to hear if anyone else has this.
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oh yeah, me too, but i have feet that turn all kinds of colors, blue, bright red, dark red and white.
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If it is a lace like pattern, pale with blue markings, it may be Livido Reticularis, hope I spelled tht right. It is due to poor circulation. I used to have it pretty bad, not just on hands, but on arms and legs, worse when cold, which was most of the time. Often accompanied by Raynaud's, but not always.
Mine is entirely gone now, first by treating hypercoagulation with heparin....BUT, it came right back when heparin wss stopped until I started ABX. Stopped heparin about 2 1/2 years ago and still coloring is good. Treating the infection is key and treating hypercoagulation may very well speed up the process.
Also, feet often turned almost black due to blood pooling in feet. Blood was to thick and circulation bad enough that pumping the blood out of my feet was next to impossible.
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Sometimes happens to me, but isn't dependent on any situation. I think it's related to food sensitivities for me. I know Lyme can cause thickening of the blood, it could be related to this.
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I've had the mottled palms for 6 years, it comes and goes. It used to be much worse, but its annoying to look at. For some reason, it is especially noticable in stores, when grocery shopping. Weird!
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Grocery stores tend to be on the cool side.
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i have mottled palms too. do they need treatment, or just because of Lyme?
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i have mottled palms too. do they need treatment, or just because of Lyme?
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I don't know what mottled means but mine are covered with tons of white specs when I get out of breath and my legs are tingling from walking around.
This thread interests me because this really stuck me as odd and helped me to self-diagnose an infection or blood disease of some sort. (bart, etc.)
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Also, with grocery stores, they use lighting that accentuates the red in things (mainly for meat). Really. Well-known grocery store trick.
So, if you have redness on your skin, it would be highlighted.
My palms have gotten pretty mottled too.
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Yes, and also...under fluorescent lighting, or just weird artificial lighting, my hands look WAY more mottled.
So, it could be from fluorescent lighting in stores. Some places for me it looks worse than others.
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. I believe the proper medical term is "Palmer erythema " Most often is an indication of a liver problem usually Hepatitis. Red palms (palmar erythema - liver palms) are often found in patients with alcohol-induced cirrhosis and can be seen in patients with primary biliary cirrhosis.
Hepatitis Red palms can occur in any chronic liver disease and are not specifically caused by the hepatitis virus. The cause for the redness is unknown, but it is speculated that it may involve upset hormone metabolism or microcirculatory changes.
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