I want to look up this skin condition, but for the life of me cannot figure out how to spell it. I've only heard it spoken.

Please help! It's the skin condition where your skin gets lots of little red dots (i think they're bursted capillaries).

Petechia: A small purplish spot on a body surface, such as the skin or a mucous membrane, caused by a minute hemorrhage and often seen in typhus. i couldn't find anything similar to that but here's a list of skin conditions: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/list_of_ski... I believe you are referring to petechiae pattiecake