Glossary for Ecchymosis

Medical terms related to Ecchymosis or mentioned in this section include:

• Accidental Eye Injury: The accidental injury to an eye
• Acute Renal Failure: The sudden and acute loss of kidney function
• Acute kidney failure: The sudden and acute loss of kidney function
• Amyloidosis: A disease characterized by the accumulation of insoluble amyloid protein in tissues and organs which in turn affects the functioning of these tissues and organs.
• Anorexia Nervosa: A disorder where a distorted sense of body image leads to self-starvation to the point of death in some cases.
• Asphyxiation: A condition which is characterized by the inability to respire
• Bleeding symptoms: Any type of bleeding symptoms.
• Bleeding under skin: Bleeding into or under the skin
• Bruising: Bleeding under skin leading to discoloration.
• Bruising in children:
• Child abuse: Physical, sexual, emotional abuse or neglect of child.
• Cirrhosis of the liver: Scarring of the liver from alcohol or other causes.
• Dengue fever: An acute viral disease characterized by fever, rash and myalgia and caused by a flavivirus which is transmitted by mosquitoes.
• Endocarditis: Inflammatory alterations of the endocardium of ones heart
• Favre-Chaix angiodermatitis: Skin and blood vessel changes that occur in the feet due to chronically poor blood supply. The size of the lesion may vary from tiny to covering a large part of the foot.
• Gardner-Diamond syndrome: A rare inherited disorder characterized by bruises which form readily, tend to spread and are painful. Some cases are believed to have a psychological basis.
• Heat stroke: it is a life threatening condition. It is hyperthermia in an advanced state
• Hemophilia: Blood disease usually genetic causing failure to clot.
• Hemorrhage: Any type of bleeding symptoms.
• Hemorrhagic rash: Skin rash caused by bleeding under the skin
• Leptospirosis: Bacterial infection usually caught from animal urine.
• Leukemia: Cancer of the blood cells, usually white blood cells.
• Liver symptoms: Symptoms affecting the liver
• Lupus: Autoimmune disease with numerous effects on various organs and linings.
• Meningococcemia: A rare infectious disease whose main symptoms are upper respiratory tract infection, fever, rash and eye and ear problems.
• Multiple Myeloma: A rare malignant cancer that occurs in the bone marrow. More common in skull, spine, rib cage, pelvis and legs.
• Multiple myeloma: A rare malignant cancer that occurs in the bone marrow. More common in skull, spine, rib cage, pelvis and legs.
• Myelofibrosis: A rare condition where progressive scarring or fibrosis of the bone marrow impairs it's ability to make blood cells causing symptoms such as anemia and liver and spleen enlargement.
• Petechiae: A red spot due to the escape of a small amount of blood.
• Purpura: Any of several bleeding disorders involving hemorrhaging into tissues.
• Rash: Rash of any type affecting the skin.
• Relapsing fever: Tick-borne disease with symptoms that resolve and then relapse
• Renal failure: A condition characterized by a failure of the kidney to excrete toxic metabolites from the body
• Senile purpura: Bruising condition mostly in the elderly
• Skin problems: Any condition that affects the skin
• Skin spots: The occurrence of spots that are located on the skin
• Skin symptoms: Symptoms affecting the skin.
• Thrombocytopenia: Decreased concentration of platelets in the blood.
• Thrombocytopenic purpura, autoimmune: A rare blood disorder where a low number of platelets impairs the bloods ability to clot and results in bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes.
• Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, acquired: A rare blood condition where small blood clots form in blood vessels which reduces the number of blood platelets and results in kidney failure, neurological symptoms and anemia. The condition may be familial or acquired - symptoms tend to recur regularly in the familial form.
• Typhus fever: A general name for various arthropod-borne rickettsial infections
• Vasculitis: A condition which is characterized by inflammation to blood vessels
• Vibrio vulnificus: Bacteria commonly infecting oysters and seafood.
• Vitamin K deficiency: Deficiency of vitamin K

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