Petechiae are tiny red, purple, or brown spots on your skin, inside of your mouth, or on your eyelids. These sports develop when capillaries, small blood vessels, break and leak blood into your skin.

The petechiae that occur with endocarditis normally form on the whites of the eyes, the roof of the mouth, or the insides of the cheeks, and they might also be noticed on the chest. Patients could ...