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Purpura Causes

See Also
1. Purpura
2. Bleeding Disorder
Causes: Platelet Disorders
1. See Thrombocytopenia (Most common)
2. See Platelet Dysfunction
Causes: Coagulation Factor Deficiency
1. Congenital
2. Acquired
  1. Disseminated Intravascular Coagulopathy
  2. Liver disease
  3. Vitamin K Deficiency
  4. Uremia
Causes: Vascular Factors
1. Congenital
  1. Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia
    1. Autosomal dominant
    2. Fragile telangiectasias of skin and mucus membranes
  2. Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (Type IV)
    1. Skin hyperelasticity
    2. Joint hypermobility
    3. Fragile skin and blood vessels
2. Acquired: Infections
  1. Henoch-Schonlein Purpura (HSP)
  2. Meningococcemia
  3. Rickettsial Disease
  4. Measles
  5. Scarlet Fever
  6. Typhoid
3. Acquired: Medications
  1. Atropine
  2. Chloral Hydrate
  3. Long-term Corticosteroids
  4. Iodides
  5. Arsenicals
4. Acquired: Trauma
  1. Violent coughing, Vomiting or strangulation
    1. Petechiae in the head and neck
  2. Factitious Purpura (linear Petechiae)
  3. Religious rituals (e.g. Cupping or coining)
  4. Child Abuse
  5. Psychogenic Purpura (Gardner-Diamond Syndrome)
5. Acquired: Other
  1. Vitamin C Deficiency (Scurvy)
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