Thrombocytopenic purpura are
purpura
Purpura () is a condition of red or purple discolored spots on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. The spots are caused by bleeding underneath the skin secondary to platelet disorders, vascular disorders, coagulation disorders, ...
associated with a reduction in circulating
blood platelets which can result from a variety of causes,
such as
kaposi sarcoma.
Types
By tradition, the term
idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura is used when the cause is
idiopathic
An idiopathic disease is any disease with an unknown cause or mechanism of apparent spontaneous origin. From Greek ἴδιος ''idios'' "one's own" and πάθος ''pathos'' "suffering", ''idiopathy'' means approximately "a disease of its own kin ...
. However, most cases are now considered to be
immune-mediated.
Another form is
thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a blood disorder that results in blood clots forming in small blood vessels throughout the body. This results in a low platelet count, low red blood cells due to their breakdown, and often kidney, h ...
.
Diagnosis
Diagnosis is done by the help of symptoms and only blood count abnormality is thrombocytopenia.
Treatment
See also
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Aspirin
Aspirin, also known as acetylsalicylic acid (ASA), is a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) used to reduce pain, fever, and/or inflammation, and as an antithrombotic. Specific inflammatory conditions which aspirin is used to treat inc ...
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Hematopoietic ulcer
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Thrombocyte
Platelets, also called thrombocytes (from Greek θρόμβος, "clot" and κύτος, "cell"), are a component of blood whose function (along with the coagulation factors) is to react to bleeding from blood vessel injury by clumping, thereby in ...
References
External links
Vascular-related cutaneous conditions
Coagulopathies
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