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want2beamom
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Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Does anyones DC have this?
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Posted 3/2/08 10:07 PM  |
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MelissaMac
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
is this the spot that looks like a bruise?
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:11 PM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Yes, it is.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:11 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
More common in certain ethnicities...my friends daughter has/had them. My girlfriend is Irish and looks it. When the doctor was examining the baby at her first appointment she said something about her being a "Latina" or something like that when she saw the birthmarks...her father is from Chile.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:17 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Looks like a bruise, but will be a birthmark?
If so, DS has it on his hiney, the ped pointed it out to me when he was 11 weeks old, I got really embarassed because I thought he had a bad bruise
Oh, and DH is irish and I am italian, but I am pretty dark skinned.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:20 PM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Yes, my son has it on his butt, and on his lower back. (real lower back)
But then crazy me started reading the book, My sister's keeper. It said that the girl has bruises going up her spine, and that she has leukemia. So I really freaked out this morning, called the dr (good thing they weren't on call), but I think I might call again tomorrow.
Derek's just seems like his is getting darker, and a little bigger as well. I know that they are supposed to go away by the time they are two, but does it just get worse before it gets better?
Also, we are not latino either, and I heard that it was more prevalent.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:40 PM |
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KateDevine
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Posted by want2beamom
Yes, my son has it on his butt, and on his lower back. (real lower back)
But then crazy me started reading the book, My sister's keeper. It said that the girl has bruises going up her spine, and that she has leukemia. So I really freaked out this morning, called the dr (good thing they weren't on call), but I think I might call again tomorrow.
Derek's just seems like his is getting darker, and a little bigger as well. I know that they are supposed to go away by the time they are two, but does it just get worse before it gets better?
Also, we are not latino either, and I heard that it was more prevalent.
I read that book....they never said it was a mongolian spot...
But that being said, brusing in general is a sign of leukemia, but not like that.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:42 PM |
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aja
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
yes Antonio has it too...my husband is hispanic...Antonio is olive complexion
it's on his lower spine...right above the diaper..he's 2.5 and it still hasn't faded
everyone thinks it bruises
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:44 PM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Posted by KateDevine
Posted by want2beamom
Yes, my son has it on his butt, and on his lower back. (real lower back)
But then crazy me started reading the book, My sister's keeper. It said that the girl has bruises going up her spine, and that she has leukemia. So I really freaked out this morning, called the dr (good thing they weren't on call), but I think I might call again tomorrow.
Derek's just seems like his is getting darker, and a little bigger as well. I know that they are supposed to go away by the time they are two, but does it just get worse before it gets better?
Also, we are not latino either, and I heard that it was more prevalent.
I read that book....they never said it was a mongolian spot...
But that being said, brusing in general is a sign of leukemia, but not like that.
No, I know they never said mongolian spot, but the whole bruising thing freaked me out. I just am getting nervous that it seems to be getting bigger, when I thought when he grew, it would get smaller?
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:46 PM |
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MelissaMac
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
I am hispanic. I guess that is where one of my girls got it from. When she was born I was so upset I thought she got it from delivery, but then realized it was a birthmark. She is 15 months and still has it.
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:51 PM |
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hbugal
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Posted by want2beamom
Yes, my son has it on his butt, and on his lower back. (real lower back)
But then crazy me started reading the book, My sister's keeper. It said that the girl has bruises going up her spine, and that she has leukemia. So I really freaked out this morning, called the dr (good thing they weren't on call), but I think I might call again tomorrow.
Derek's just seems like his is getting darker, and a little bigger as well. I know that they are supposed to go away by the time they are two, but does it just get worse before it gets better?
Also, we are not latino either, and I heard that it was more prevalent.
Mongolian spots are birthmarks and only involve the skin. While they are more common in certain ethnic groups they can occur in others. Caucasians have the least occurence of about less than 10%. Im Hungarian and we are the only caucasian group that has a higher instance of Mongolian Spots at about 25%....
Im sure DS is fine. I would just take him to the doctor to ease your mind and so you could ask all the questions you need answered KWIM???
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| Posted 3/2/08 10:53 PM |
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bicosi
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
My son has one on his tush and you have nothing to worry about. It does fade over time. It's a birthmark.
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nferrandi
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Ds had one, but it's gone now. It's also common with European descent. DH is Italian and has very olive skin.
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Jillysmom
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
I actually had one on my foot.. I had to get it removed.. it actually looks worse now then it did before...
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| Posted 3/3/08 1:57 PM |
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lovemy2boys
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
My nephews have quite a few on their butts and legs, they are of asian descent. I thought they were bruises too when I first saw them
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| Posted 3/3/08 2:34 PM |
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Janice
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
My neice has one on her rear end. Her mom is German, dad is Puerto Rican.
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| Posted 3/3/08 2:35 PM |
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KarenK122
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
My DD has a few, on her tush, lower back and on the back of her ankles. She is Chinese and I was told that they do fade in time.
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Tracey
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
My oldest son had it too - his dad is spanish/indian - I never knew it was so common!!!! Especially where it is, on the lower back right above his hiney!!!!
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| Posted 3/3/08 3:48 PM |
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want2beamom
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Thanks everyone..it makes me feel better to hear that other people have them, and that it's ok!
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DandN
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
90% of them are gone in two years. They are always concentrated on the lower back/upper buttocks. They appear blue in color because the constricted blood vessels are not near the surface of the skin, they are deeper. If it were at the surface of the skin it would be red.
It's totally normal to worry - but a mongolian spot is harmless and will go away.
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| Posted 3/3/08 7:03 PM |
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pmpkn087
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
This must be what Steven has on his lower back, right where his butt begins I always thought it was from falling on his butt. When he was an infant, he had a huge patch of black hair and I never noticed it. As he lost the hair, he got this thing.
DH is Puerto Rican.
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| Posted 3/3/08 9:27 PM |
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waytogo
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
DS's butt looks just like dad's
A bluish birthmark at that upper butt crease...
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| Posted 3/3/08 10:44 PM |
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nadia
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
DD has quite a few...on her back, her booty, one on her ankle and and on her elbow. I asked her doctor about them on her 4day old visit and was told they were mongolian spots...b/c dh and I were both worried and thought they were bruises too from delivery. I'm of Indian and Spanish decent. DH is half Jamaican and of European decent...so DD I guess is the United Nations and was bound to get them!!!!
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2PreciousBlessings
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Ella has one on her forehead.
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| Posted 3/4/08 7:17 AM |
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2BEANS
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Re: Blue Nevus (Mongolian Spot)
Mongolian spots are present at birth, and most of them fade (at least somewhat) by age two. Most have completely disappeared by age five. If Mongolian spots remain at puberty, they are likely to be permanent. Fewer than five percent of children with Mongolian spots still have any by adulthood. Those who do tend to be the ones with multiple, widespread spots, or with spots in unusual location
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