Physical trauma The most common cause of petechiae is through physical trauma such as a hard bout of coughing, holding breath, vomiting, or crying, which can result in facial petechiae, especially around the eyes. Such instances are harmless and usually disappear within a few days. * Constriction, Asphyxiation – Petechiae, especially in the eyes, may also occur when excessive pressure is applied to tissue (e.g., when a tourniquet is applied to an extremity or with excessive coughing or vomiting). * Sunburn, childbirth, weightlifting * Gua Sha, a Chinese treatment that scrapes the skin * High-G training * Hickey * Asphyxiation * Choking game * Oral sex Non-infectious conditions * Vitamin C deficiency, scurvy * Vitamin K deficiency * Leukemia * Thrombocytopenia – Low platelet counts or diminished platelet function (e.g., as a side effect of medications or during certain infections) can give rise to petechial spots * clotting factor deficiencies – (Von Willebrand disease) * Hypocalcemia * Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura * Coeliac disease * Aplastic anaemia * Lupus * Kwashiorkor or Marasmus – Childhood protein-energy malnutrition * Erythroblastosis fetalis * Henoch–Schönlein purpura * Kawasaki disease * Schamberg disease * Ehlers–Danlos<unk>  * Sjögren<unk>  – Petechial spots could occur due to vasculitis, an inflammation of the blood vessels. In such a case immediate treatment is needed to prevent permanent damage. Some malignancies can also cause petechiae to appear. * Radiation * Fat embolism<unk>  Infectious conditions * Babesiosis * Bolivian hemorrhagic fever * Boutonneuse fever * Chikungunya * Cerebral malaria * Congenital syphilis * Crimean–Congo hemorrhagic fever * Cytomegalovirus * Dengue fever * Dukes' disease * Ebola * Endocarditis * Influenza A virus subtype H1N1 * Hantavirus * Infectious mononucleosis * Marburg virus * Neisseria meningitidis * Rocky Mountain spotted fever * Scarlet fever * Typhus * Streptococcal pharyngitis Palatal petechiae. – Petechiae on the soft palate are mainly associated with streptococcal pharyngitis, and as such it is an uncommon but highly specific finding.
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