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Thrombocytopenia


Thrombocytopenia often occurs as a result of a separate disease or disorder. For example, a bone marrow disorder such as leukemia can interfere with platelet production and reduce the number of platelets in your blood.
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Thrombocytopenia may be caused by infections in the fetus or newborn such as rubella, syphilis, and bacterial or viral infections. It can also develop when a mother's immune system produces antibodies against the baby's platelets.
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Thrombocytopenia, heparin-induced: Low blood platelet count as a result of the medication heparin. Heparin is used to treat and prevent abnormal blood clotting. Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia can be mild or serious and fatal.
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Thrombocytopenia is any disorder in which there are not enough platelets. Platelets are cells in the blood that help blood to clot. This condition is sometimes associated with abnormal bleeding.
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thrombocytopenia
A decrease in the number of platelets in the blood that may result in easy bruising and excessive bleeding from wounds or bleeding in mucous membranes and other tissues.
thrombohemorrhagic event ...
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Anemia.
Thrombocytopenia.
Splenomegaly (in 75% of cases).
Although cytogenetic abnormalities are found in as many as 80% of the patients with aCML, none is specific.[1-3,5] No Philadelphia chromosome or BCR/ABL fusion gene exists.
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Low platelet count (thrombocytopenia). Measles may lead to a decrease in platelets, the type of blood cells needed for blood clotting.
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Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura)
Bleeding Disorders
Blood Transfusion
Burkitt's Lymphoma
Chelation Treatment (Chelation Therapy)
Chelation Therapy
Christmas Disease (Hemophilia B)
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia ...
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BLOOD DYSCRASIA CAUSING MEDICATIONS - A group of medications known to cause thrombocytopenia or leukopenia as a side effect.
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Note: Clinical trials continue to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Angiomax in patients with heparin-induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia with thrombosis syndrome (HITTS) undergoing percutaneous cardiac intervention ...
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Drug-Induced Nonimmune Thrombocytopenia
Drug-Induced Pulmonary Disease
Drug-Induced Tremor
Dry Eye Syndrome (Keratoconjunctivitis Sicca)
DT's (Delirium Tremens) ...
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A vascular (blood vessel) defect
A platelet function defect (see platelet aggregation)
Thrombocytopenia (low platelets)
Drugs that may increase bleeding times include dextran, indomethacin, and salicylates (including aspirin).
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Thrombocytopenia An abnormally low number of platelets (thrombocytes). If the platelet count is too low, bleeding could occur. Tracheostomy A surgical opening through the trachea in the neck to provide an artifical airway.
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Graft vs Host Disease - The clinical entity characterized by anorexia, diarrhea, loss of hair, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, growth retardation, and eventual death brought about by the GRAFT VS HOST REACTION.
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mild thrombocytopenia (low platelet count in the blood)
multiple sclerosis-like episodes
chorea (abnormal movements)
memory loss
seizures
heart valve disease
skin rash known as livedo reticularis
recurrent pregnancy loss.
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MDS is characterized by low red blood cells (anemia), low white blood cell count (leukopenia) with a tendency to infection, and low platelet count (thrombocytopenia) with bleeding problems.
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Bleeding in the stomach or intestines.
Increased bruising.
Stomach irritation.
Allergic reaction.
Low platelet count (thrombocytopenia), low white blood cell count (neutropenia), and low red cell count (anemia).
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As more and more platelets are removed by the spleen, the level of platelets in the blood drops past the lower limit of normal (about 130,000 per cubic millimeter of blood) and the person is diagnosed with thrombocytopenia.
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Conditions that warrant splenectomy include spleen pain, the need for frequent blood transfusion, very low levels of platelets (thrombocytopenia), and extreme pressure in the blood vessels of the liver (portal hypertension).
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Once bound, the antibodies mark the platelets for removal from the body, and they are filtered out by the spleen. Some AIDS patients develop a disorder, called immune-related thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP), ...
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Also, some persons living with HIV develop thrombocytopenia-a condition characterized by a platelet count of less than 100,000 cells/mm³ of blood. The normal value for men is 154,000-354,000 cells/mm³.
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