Purpura

a routine checkup and expecting to have normal results, America Hernandez was being rushed to a hospital for a condition her doctors knew nothing about. It wasn’t until she was hospitalized that she was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, a rare condition that causes the immune system to mistakenly attack the platelets in her body. This condition prevents the blood in her body from clotting, and when this happens even the smallest cut can result in losing a lot of the blood her…

L. Z. Cooper listed “neonatal thrombocytopenic purpura, hepatitis, bone lesions, and meningoencephalitis and late emerging sequelae such as diabetes mellitus and progressive rubella panencephalitis, added to the cataract, heart disease, mental retardation and deafness” as possible side effects of CRI…

CORRLEATION OF PERNICIOUS ANEMIA WITH HOMOCYSTEINEMIA AND HETEROZYGOUS MTHFR MUTATION HELPS DIFFERENTIATE FROM DIAGNOSIS OF THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA Wu, Alex MD1, Chen, Kevin MD2, Sittambalam, Charmian MD1 1Department of Medicine, Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; 2Department of Hematology/Oncology, Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, MD There are increasing number of recent publications that recognized the similarity between TTP and B12 deficiency, and that TTP…

In the hot summer sun, it has stopped one bird of the pigeon on top of the monument of the Peace Memorial Park. Negative legacy, the Atomic Bomb Dome are exist to the other side. Among that watched the line of sight of the dove, we went the ceremony with great condolences to survivors. Yesterday, today, and walking down the city of Hiroshima, did not I feel that hear the voice of survivors who are sleeping on their own feet. I visited Hiroshima, it is now the second time. Read the "Barefoot Gen"…

The patient with platelet dysfunction also may present with petechiae (small capillary hemorrhage), ecchymoses (small purple, multiple superficial lesions), purpura, epistaxis, hematuria, bleeding gums, menorrhagia ( heavy menstrual blood flow) and metrorrhagia ( bleeding between period). On the other hand, a patient with coagulation problem may have delayed bleeding issues. Bleeding from minor trauma or spontaneous…

were happening in my life at that moment. This was the first time I ever went golfing and I fell in love with it. This is what has made me who I am today. In second grade i was diagnosed with a blood disorder called ITP (Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura). Before I was diagnosed i used to be very involved in normal sports that kids my age were playing such as football and soccer, but ITP made it so I could not participate in these activities so that's when I turned to golf. With ITP your blood…

One thousand- It seems to be a fairly large number, but in some cases, especially mine, it can be extremely small. The average person has from one hundred and fifty thousand to four hundred thousand blood platelets, yet there are times where I found myself with as low as one thousand of them. It was in times like those were I looked up to courageous people like Jackie Robinson, who faced difficulties head on with no fear. I quietly sat in the airport boarding gate with my eyes screwed shut,…

blisters (or bullae) due to dressing adhesives or fixation tapes; eczema associated with dermatitis and venous stasis disease; hyperkeratosis (thick scaly skin) often seen in patients with lymphoedema or venous stasis disease; paper thin skin and purpura due to long term steroid therapy; dehydrated skin due to acute illness or nutritional compromise generally; and excoriated skin conditions from prolonged exposure to moisture, urine and facial or acidic effluent from enterocutaneous fistulae.…

bringing them closer to God. Within the time I possessed with them I heard stories of triumph, hardships, and revival. One of the stories was described by a boy about his own phoenix. At a young age he was diagnosed with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (ITP), a blood disease which causes the immune system to mistakenly attack platelets. ITP causes spontaneous bruising, bleeding, and red spots found in various places on the body. Several years ago his condition worsened which led him to…

Allergic potential is also considerably low for Valacyclovir. There are no remarkable drug-drug or drug-food interactions noticed with this medicine. If you are an HIV patient, you may face certain adverse effects like thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura and hemolytic uremic syndrome. For normal patients, headache, nausea, diarrhea and abdominal pain along with weakness may be noticed. Summary: I was very stressed out because I had exams on head and the thought of not being able to appear in…