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| Bleeding diathesis | |
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| Classification and external resources | |
| ICD-10 | D69.9 |
| ICD-9 | 287.9 |
| DiseasesDB | 1442 |
| MeSH | D006474 |
In medicine (hematology), bleeding diathesis is an unusual susceptibility to bleeding (hemorrhage) mostly due to a coagulopathy (a defect in the system of coagulation). Several types are distinguished, ranging from mild to lethal.
Coagulopathies
Main article: Coagulopathy
- Haemophilia
- von Willebrand disease
- Glanzmann thrombasthenia
- Bernard-Soulier syndrome
- Leukemia
- Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome
- Vitamin K deficiency
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers, e.g. dengue hemorrhagic fever and Dengue Shock Syndrome
- Hepatorenal Tyrosinemia
Other
- Scurvy, causing impaired wound healing.
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