Symptom: Purple skin
Purple skin: Purple or blue-purple coloring of the skin.
Introduction: A purple or blue-purple skin color can result from various colors. Purple skin coloring is sometimes described as blueness or redness, and some conditions causing purple coloring may also be listed under blueness, cyanosis, redness, hyperpigmentation, or dark skin. Another cause of purple skin color may be bruising and other conditions may be listed under bruising or dark skin. Any type of purple skin or skin color changes can be symptoms of serious disease and need prompt professional medical investigation
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Symptoms related to Purple skin: blueness (33), cyanosis (33), redness (48), dark skin (21), hyperpigmentation (9)
Purple skin type of: Dark skin (21), Blue skin (33), Cyanosis (33)
Symptoms: symptom center, symptom groups, symptom descriptions
Possible causes of symptom: Purple skin: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Purple skin as a symptom. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.
- Bruise
- Cyanosis - see also blue skin
- Bulging veins
- Blue veins
- Hyperpigmentation
- Birthmark
- Port-wine stain
- Kaposi sarcoma (type of Sarcoma) - causes red-purple coloring from tumors.
- Hemorrhagic rash
- See also causes of blue skin, redness, dark skin, hyperpigmentation, and other skin color changes
Conditions listing symptoms: Purple skin: The following list of conditions have 'Purple skin' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.
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