What Causes Blood Clots In The Hands, Nerves Weakness And Early Renal Parenchymal Disease?

Posted on Fri, 27 Apr 2018

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Question : hello doctor, my father is 73yrs old. he now a days gets this kind of blood clot in hands. attach is the picture. he has Nerve weakness problem. recently there was cyst found in his liver and early renal parenchymal disease also reported. but doctor said it's age related. no treatment needed. I am worried about the blood clot he is getting after every 10 days. please suggest thanks

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Ecchymotic patches, go for certain lab tests

Detailed Answer:

Hi,

I have reviewed the attached photographs and these seem to be ecchymotic patches which are an age-related change in many individuals.

Still, I would recommend you to get his platelet count, bleeding time, clotting time and coagulation studies to rule out any bleeding disorder as sometimes these spots are seen in bleeding disorders.

If his tests come out to be normal then no need to worry and nothing needs to be done.

Regards
Dr Asmeet

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee

Follow up: Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (9 hours later)

that you doctor. how platelet count is borderline in range. attached the same. I will get the test asked by you done. regards XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Asmeet Kaur Sawhney (3 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Borderline platelet count won't causes these patches

Detailed Answer:
Yes his platelet count is borderline.
It won't cause these patches.
Platelet count needs to be reduced to 1 lakh/ microlitre to cause these patches.
Nothing active needs to be done.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Remy Koshy