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Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis - Glossary

Glossary

NSAID’S: Non steroidal anti inflammatory drugs

Purpura: Discoloration caused by bleeding into the skin or mucous membranes.

Aplastic Anemia: A condition in which the bone marrow is unable to produce blood cells.

Leukemia: Cancer of blood-forming tissue.

Cirrhosis: A type of chronic, progressive liver disease.

Thrombocytopenia: A condition in which there is an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood.

Vasculitis: Inflammation of blood vessels.

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