Petechiae can happen due to problems with blood clotting (proteins that make a blood clot to seal a wound). Injuries, straining, low platelets (cells that form a plug to stop the bleeding after ...

A 2-week-old child who presented with petechiae was found to have a very low platelet count and was diagnosed with fetal and neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (FNAIT). This case report was ...

a platelet count of 181×10 9 per liter or lower, an aspartate aminotransferase level higher than 48 U per liter, a fasting triglyceride level exceeding 1.76 mmol per liter (156 mg per deciliter ...

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Rodent-borne hantaviruses are associated with two main clinical disorders in humans: hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome and hantavirus cardiopulmonary syndrome. Although hantavirus diseases can ...

A typical platelet count range can change with age. Platelet counts may fluctuate due to natural vascular aging, changes in bone marrow tissue, and altered blood plasma makeup. Platelets ...

In addition, the systemic coagulation and bleeding may also present as petechiae, purpura, ecchymoses, or hematomas. Ischemic damage related to thrombosis could manifest as cyanosis, as well as ...