Hi everyone. I have had health anxiety for a while now, but since Covid, things have really ramped up. I've had a real rollercoaster of a year, made worse by the fact that I write about Covid in my day job as a journalist. However, I'm not worried about Covid...my latest worry is about Leukemia. It's as if all of my worries about this year are poured into irrational rumination of an unrelated affliction.
My worry: I have tiny red spots on my arms that come and go. Usually it is one or two at a time. They are not cherry angiomas — I have those on my torso and totally know what those look like (and those don't go away). I've been to the dermatologist for my annual check ups this year, and he's seen the cherry angiomas.
The tiny red spots on my arms (and a couple of times on my thighs) emerge, then fade within 48-72 hours. They are reddish-purple, and I worry they might be petechiae. I had two CBC tests, one in August and the other in October — my platelets, WBC, and RBC were excellent. My RDW was a little high and my lymphocytes were a touch low, but both have been that way for 10 years and my doctor says that's just "my" normal.
More info: I'm 50, female, vegan, and do have vitiligo. The red dots coming and going really send my anxiety into a spiral. Can anyone give me advice/tough love/feedback? THANK YOU!
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Originally Posted by FloridaGirl01
