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What is the first sign of the severity of meningococcemia?
The first signs of the infection's severity are small bleeding spots seen on the skin (petechiae). A doctor should always suspect meningococcemia when he/she finds an acutely ill patient with fever, chills, and petechiae.
What is the medical term meaning pinpoint flat spot caused by bleeding within the skin?
Petechiae are pinpoint flat spots caused by bleeding beneath the skin
What is petechia?
Petechiae are small, purplish, hemorrhagic spots on the skin that appear in certain diseases. It is usually due to an abnormality of the blood-clotting system.
What is the cause of petechiae in horses?
Petechiae in horses is when bleeding occurs underneath the skin. It is caused by equine infectious anemia, or EIA as it is also known. Red blotches are visible on the gum.
What are the causes of petechiae?
Petechiae are small red or brown spots on the skin, caused by internal bleeding due to the bursting of minor capillary blood vessels through trauma or physical aging.
What is peticule hemmoraging?
Capillary hemorrhage into the skin, forming petechiae. Also called punctate hemorrhage
Is petechiae harmful?
Petechiae is a problem that affects capillary blood vessels and shows as small red spots under the skin surface anywhere on the body. The rash is not a disease but can be a sign of a health problem or disease including lupus, viral infections, leukemia, and rheumatoid arthritis. A doctor will be able to identify the cause of petechiae.
Does petechiae itch?
No it does not, scabies,gives etc .. Do but PETECHIAE does not itch .
Multiple pinpoint hemorrages and accumulaton of blood under the skin?
They are called petechiae and usually indicate a low platelet count.
What is the medical term meaning small red spots on a patient's skin due to a blood clotting abnormality?
Petechiae are small red spots on a patient's skin due to a blood clotting disorder.
What is the medical term meaning skin infection?
"Infection".
Small pinpoint hemorrhages are called?
A petechia (pronounced /pɨˈtiːkiə/, plural petechiae /pɨˈtiːkɪ.iː/) is a small (1-2mm) red or purple spot on the body, caused by a minorhemorrhage (broken capillary blood vessels)[1]."Petechiae" refers to one of the three major classes of purpuric skin conditions. Purpuric eruptions are broadly classified by size into three broad categories. Petechiae is generally used to refer to the smallest of the three classes of purpuric skin eruptions, those that measure less than 3 mm.
