PINPOINT RED DOTS ON SKIN SKIN
Jam Press/Helaina Hillyard Hillyard described her illness and showed her followers the specks on her skin in a TikTok video. The basketball player initially thought her red marks were bruises from playing the sport. Her doctor revealed to her that the specks on her skin were in fact, petechiae, which the Mayo Clinic describes as a series of “round spots that appear on the skin as a result of bleeding.” The petechiae can appear red, brown or purple in color and can show up in clusters or even look like a rash.Īfter seeing an oncologist, Hillyard was told she had B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia, also known as blood cancer, a type of leukemia that affects one’s white blood cells that grow in the bone marrow.ĭespite the questionable flecks appearing on her skin, the student felt healthy and fit. After undergoing bloodwork, her blood levels were shown to be extremely low. However, within just a few short hours, the spots became larger and spread throughout her body, according to Jam Press.Īt first, Hillyard believed that her markings were bruises from playing hoops, but she decided to go to a nearby hospital - and found herself in the emergency room. Iowa resident Helaina Hillyard, 20, first started to notice the splotches after she came back from basketball practice one night in November 2021.
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