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What Causes Swollen Black Dots On Palm?
my 6 year old nephew has black dots on the palm of his hands his feet and hands are both swollen and he s in pain on his back he s in the hospital waiting for results from his blood work they can t figure out what s going on the test will take 5 days I m scared
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Wed, 4 Jun 2014
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Hi...by what you quote it seems like a Hand foot mouth disease. The only viral infection which can cause - black dots on the palm of his hands and feet and hands being swollen is this. If otherwise the kid is normal and playing around, you need not worry. This can cause severe itching also and the blood works will not diagnose this. It is a clinical diagnosis.
The other possibility is some sort of allergy going on.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
The other possibility is some sort of allergy going on.
Regards - Dr. Sumanth
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