Medically reviewed by Soma Mandal, MD Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or ...

Bleeding into the skin can show up in a few different ways: Petechiae are tiny, red, or purple spots or patches less than about 2 millimeters (mm) in diameter that look like freckles and do not go ...

Other clinical indicators include tachycardia (a fast heart rate), lymphadenopathy (enlarged lymph nodes), and petechial rash (a rash caused by bleeding into the skin) on internal mucosal surfaces ...

Sometimes people with chapped lips tend to bite off the skin flakes. Doing this might cause bleeding and scabs, which could lead to stubborn pigmentation in some spots. If the dark spots on your ...