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Throbocytopenia means 'platelet deficiency'. Purpura means 'of the blood'.
A knock or trauma to the skin will cause blood vessels to rupture. As platelets are responsible for clotting, the rupture will bleed for longer, causing larger bruising and allowing bruising to occur more readily.
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What are the symptoms of thrombocytopenia?
Persons with this condition easily bruise and can have episodes of excess bleeding (a hemorrhage).
What autoimmune disorder results in destruction of platelets?
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
Why would the blood platlets drop on a new boorn?
There are several causes for the blood platelets to drop on a newborn baby. A few reasons for the drop in platelets are a bruise, thrombocytopenic purpura, or neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia.
Is lupus the same as autoimmune thrombocytopenia purpura?
No, but sometimes those problems go together.
What is TTP sickness?
It is Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura. In this process, blood clots (or thromboses) form in small blood vessels, leading to low platelet counts (thrombocytopenia) in the blood, along with skin manifestations (purpura).
Why does an inquiry about idiopathic return a description of thrombocytopenia?
Because the most common syndromatic cause of thrombocyropenia is called ITP, or Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
What the color of platelets?
the color of platelets is purple. excessive amount of platelets in the blood(thrombocytopenia) may be manifested as purpura(purplish discoloration of the skin)
What does a low blood platelet count mean - Topix?
This is called Thrombocytopenia and means that the body is low on platelets, a type of blood cell that helps your blood to clot when damage occurs to blood vessels. Depending on how low the platelet count is, individuals with Thrombocytopenia may bruise easily and experience nosebleeds or bleeding gums.
When was I Bruise Easily created?
I Bruise Easily was created on 2005-04-04.
What is a small purple dot under the skin?
Things that cam cause small purple dot under the skin are bleeding under the skin, a small bruise, and the condition called purpura. The causes of purpura are blood clotting disorders, scurvy, and amyloidosis.
What is the medical term meaning black and blue discoloration of the skin caused by hemorrhage?
Contusions, purpurae, and petechiae all are purple skin discoloration caused by bleeding beneath the skin.
How can thrombocytopenia be prevented?
There is no known way to prevent thrombocytopenia.
