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Results 1 - 10 of 281 for meningococcemia OR septicemia OR purpura OR vasculitis
  1. Vasculitis (National Library of Medicine)  
    Vasculitis is an inflammation of the blood vessels. It happens when the body's immune system attacks the ... or another disease. The cause is often unknown. Vasculitis can affect arteries, veins and capillaries. Arteries are ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/vasculitis.html - Health Topics
  2. IgA vasculitis - Henoch-Schonlein purpura 
    IgA vasculitis is a disease that involves purple spots on the skin, joint pain, gastrointestinal problems, and glomerulonephritis (a ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000425.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura 
    Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura is a rare disorder that causes blood clots (thrombi) to form in small blood vessels throughout the body. These clots can cause ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/.../thrombotic-thrombocytopenic-purpura - Genetics
  4. Hypersensitivity vasculitis 
    Hypersensitivity vasculitis is an extreme reaction to a drug, infection, or foreign substance. It leads to inflammation and damage ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000874.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Meningococcemia 
    Meningococcemia is an acute and potentially life-threatening infection of the bloodstream. ... Meningococcemia is caused by bacteria called Neisseria meningitidis . The bacteria often live in a person's upper respiratory ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001349.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) 
    Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is a bleeding disorder in which the immune system destroys platelets, which are necessary for normal blood ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000535.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Meningococcemia associated purpura (image) 
    Meningococcemia is a life-threatening infection that occurs when the bacteria, Neisseria meningitidis, invades the blood stream. Bleeding into the skin (petechiae and purpura) typically occurs and the tissue may die (become ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/2912.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Necrotizing vasculitis 
    Necrotizing vasculitis is a group of disorders that involve inflammation of the blood vessel walls. The size of the ... Necrotizing vasculitis may be the primary condition such as in people with polyarteritis nodosa or granulomatosis with ANCA associated ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000432.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Purpura 
    Purpura is purple-colored spots and patches that occur on the skin, and in mucus membranes, including ... Purpura occurs when small blood vessels leak blood under the skin. Purpura measure between 4 and 10 ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003232.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Bleeding into the skin 
    ... under the tissue in larger flat areas (called purpura ), or in a very large bruised area (called ... in the newborn) Aging skin (ecchymosis) Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (petechiae and purpura) Henoch-Schonlein purpura (purpura) Leukemia ( ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003235.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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