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Long-term steroid use, on the other hand, causes thinning of the skin, making it more susceptible to bruising. That same logic applies to older folks’ tendency to bruise like a peach.
Anemia may lead to fatigue, pale skin, severe bruising, and a fast heart rate. [9] Low platelets are associated with an increased risk of bleeding, bruising, and petechiae, with lower blood counts that impact the ability of the blood to clot. Low white blood cells increase the risk of infections. [9]
Platelet storage pool deficiency is a family of clotting disorders characterized by deficient granules in platelets.Individuals with these disorders have too few or abnormally functioning alpha granules, delta granules, or both alpha and delta granules and are therefore unable to form effective clots, which leads to prolonged bleeding.
Pernicious anemia may be present without a person experiencing symptoms at first, over time, feeling tired and weak, lightheadedness, dizziness, headaches, rapid or irregular heartbeat, breathlessness, glossitis (a sore red tongue), poor ability to exercise, low blood pressure, cold hands and feet, pale or yellow skin, easy bruising and ...
Glanzmann's thrombasthenia can be inherited in an autosomal recessive manner [3] [4] or acquired as an autoimmune disorder. [3] [5]The bleeding tendency in Glanzmann's thrombasthenia is variable, [3] some individuals having minimal bruising, while others have frequent, severe, potentially fatal hemorrhages.
Haemophilia B, also spelled hemophilia B, is a blood clotting disorder causing easy bruising and bleeding due to an inherited mutation of the gene for factor IX, and resulting in a deficiency of factor IX. It is less common than factor VIII deficiency (haemophilia A). [3]
Grey Turner's sign refers to bruising of the flanks, the part of the body between the last rib and the top of the hip.The bruising appears as a blue discoloration, [1] and is a sign of retroperitoneal hemorrhage, or bleeding behind the peritoneum, which is a lining of the abdominal cavity.
To diagnose livedoid vasculopathy and its causes, a thorough history, dermatological examination, and laboratory work-up are necessary. [9] A skin biopsy should be performed to confirm the diagnosis of livedoid vasculopathy when it is clinically suspected. The most suitable type of biopsy is a fusiform incisional biopsy that contains ...