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Purpura
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Purpura is purplish discolorations in the skin produced by small bleeding vessels near the surface of the skin. Purpura may also occur in the mucous membranes (such as the lining of the mouth) and in the internal organs.
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Purpura: 1. A hemorrhagic area in the skin. The area of bleeding within the skin, by definition, is greater than 3 millimeters in diameter. The appearance of the purpura depends on age of the lesion.
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purpura - hemorrhage (bleeding) into the skin, mucous membranes, internal organs, and other tissues.
arthralgia - pain in the joints.
inflammation of the joints.
abdominal pain.
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ANAPHYLACTOID PURPURA - This relatively rare disorder is characterized by skin purpura, joint pains, abdominal pain, and renal disease (glomerulonephritis).
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Henoch-Schonlein Purpura on An Infant's Legs
Henoch-Schonlein purpura is more commonly seen in children than adults and often occurs after an upper respiratory infection. It causes skin rashes that bleed into the skin (petechiae and purpura).
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Henoch-Schnlein purpura (HSP) is a disease that causes small blood vessels in the skin to leak because of inflammation. The primary symptom is a rash that looks like many small raised bruises on the legs.
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Henoch-Schonlein purpura
Dr Rob Hicks
Discover the causes and consequences of this autoimmune reaction, in which the body attacks its own blood vessels.
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PurpuraA group of disorders characterized by purple or red brown areas of discoloration visible through the skin.
ScurvyA nutritional disorder that causes skin bruising and hemorrhages.
For Your Information ...
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Signs and symptoms include a hemorrhagic rash (purpura) on your lower extremities, arthritis, weakness and nerve damage (neuropathy).
Giant cell arteritis (GCA).
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Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura
IFG (Pre-Diabetes)
IgA Nephropathy (Berger's Disease)
IGT (Pre-Diabetes)
Immunodeficiency Disorder
Immunosuppressive Disorder (Immunodeficiency Disorder)
Impacted Tooth
Impaired Fasting Glucose (Pre-Diabetes) ...
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Vascular purpura
Vascular skin changes
Vascular spasm
Vasculitis - allergic hypersensitivity
Vasculitis - necrotizing
Vasoactive intestinal peptide-producing tumor
Vasomotor rhinitis
vCJD
Venereal warts
Venous insufficiency ...
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Long-term changes in the skin's collagen (a structural protein) - These changes include photoaging (premature aging of the skin because of sun exposure) and senile purpura (bleeding from fragile blood vessels beneath the skin surface).
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IMMUNE THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA (ITP): Also idiopathic immune thrombocytopenic purpura. A condition in which the body produces antibodies against the platelets in the blood, which are cells responsible for blood clotting.
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Sie haben einen Lattenteint mit einer purpurartigen Farbe. Sie lehnen feste Kleidung ab und sind in hohem Grade gesprchig und hufig springen von einer abhngig von anderen.
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CBP-1011 (medroxyprogesterone acetate [MPA]) An orally administered steroid in phase III trials for the treatment of idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP); see Hematrol.
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Ticlopidine and, less frequently, clopidogrel have been associated with a rare syndrome that resembles a serious bleeding disorder (thrombocytopenic purpura).
Ticlopidine is more likely than aspirin to cause side effects.
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Waxy-looking raised bumps (papules) may appear on the face and neck, in the groin, armpits, or anal area, and on the tongue or in the ear canals. Swelling, hemorrhage beneath the skin (purpura), hair loss, and dry mouth may also occur.
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Noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM)
Polymyositis (adult)
Prerenal azotemia
Primary amyloid
Rapidly progressive (crescentic) glomerulonephritis
Secondary systemic amyloid
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Wilms' tumor ...
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