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What is purpura?

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What is purpura?

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the AFMCian

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29 Jan 2009 13:40:55 IST

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It is a disease caused due defeciency or malfunfuctioning of platelets.

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30 Jan 2009 17:31:21 IST

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Purpura (from the Latin, purpura, meaning "purple") is the appearance of red or purple discolorations on the skin that do not blanch on applying pressure. They are caused by bleeding underneath the skin

mainly caused due to vitamin C deficiency or disorders in platlets formation

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5 Feb 2009 16:35:47 IST

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Perpura is an auto immune disease which is causd due to ovr activation of spleen...this leads to excessive phagocytosis and thus a reduction in platlet count...
Due to this the superficial veins get ruptured and the deoxygenated blood accumulates beneath the skin,leadin to purple coloured patches.
This is perpura.

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