She has dementia but when I asked her if it hurt she said no. I bath her weekly and have not noticed this before. The skin goes from reddish up to purple in the crease of her upper leg where it meets the torso. It is about 4 inches down on her thighs up to her vagina.
She is not diabetic but has had UTI,'s in the past but not now. She is in bed about 16 hrs per day every day , could this be the cause.? She does not get up because she is dizzy;( she has had all kinds of tests and nothing comes up)
If there was sexual assault at the nursing home, it would be able to be determined by her showering schedule, as to when her skin was damaged and should have been reported to you.. If it was not, then there is a problem and the state needs to be informed and an investigation started.
If she's in a nursing home, my alarm alert went off b/c of the sexual abuse that sometimes happen when a aide knows that a resident has dementia. At any rate, please have you mom get a good check-up w/ her MD.
Huh?
Turns out devil's pinch syndrome is another name for Purpura Simplex. I have no idea if the devil pinched your poor mom, but you could look this condition up and see if it seems to fit.