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Thrombocytopenia

Thrombocytopenia: Introduction

Thrombocytopenia: Decreased concentration of platelets in the blood. See free access online books about Thrombocytopenia below. See detailed information below for a list of 399 causes of Thrombocytopenia, including diseases and drug side effect causes.

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Causes of Thrombocytopenia:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Thrombocytopenia. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

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Causes of Types of Thrombocytopenia:

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Thrombocytopenia: Symptom Checker

Listed below are some combinations of symptoms associated with Thrombocytopenia, as listed in our database. Visit the Symptom Checker, to add and remove symptoms and research your condition.

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Thrombocytopenia Treatments

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Medications or substances causing Thrombocytopenia:

The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible causes of Thrombocytopenia as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Sulfatrim DS
  • Sulfoxaprim
  • Sulfoxaprim DS
  • Trisulfam
  • Uroplus DS
  • Uroplus SS
  • more causes...»

See full list of 95 medications causing Thrombocytopenia

Drug interactions causing Thrombocytopenia:

When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react causing Thrombocytopenia as a symptom. Always advise your doctor of any medications or treatments you are using, including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.

  • Carmustine and Cimetidine interaction
  • Cyclophosphamide and Allopurinol interaction
  • Lomustine and Theophylline interaction
  • Methotrexate and Aspirin interaction
  • Methotrexate and Ciprofloxacin interaction
  • Methotrexate and Ketoprofen interaction
  • more interactions...»

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Thrombocytopenia: Comorbid Symptoms

Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms for Thrombocytopenia may include these symptoms:

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Causes of General Symptom Types

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Causes of Similar Symptoms to Thrombocytopenia

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Misdiagnosis and Thrombocytopenia

Unnecessary hysterectomies due to undiagnosed bleeding disorder in women: The bleeding disorder called Von Willebrand's disease is quite common in women, but often fails to be correctly diagnosed. Women with the condition tend to have heavy periods, since they actually have a bleeding disorder. Severe afflictions may result in the women receiving a hysterectomy unnecessarily, when the underlying cause has not been identified. See the introduction to Von Willebrand's disease and bleeding disorder....read more »

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News Archives for Thrombocytopenia

Medical news articles related to Thrombocytopenia include:

Source: HealthDay News

Home Diagnostic Testing and Thrombocytopenia

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Diagnostic Guides for Thrombocytopenia

Medical Books Excerpts Read excertps from published book sections related to Thrombocytopenia from the following published medical books for more detailed information about Thrombocytopenia. Free access (no registration): read all online diagnostic book sections about Thrombocytopenia

Medical Books Excerpts
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
 

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Thrombocytopenia: Undiagnosed Conditions

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Causes of Thrombocytopenia listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Thrombocytopenia as a symptom include:

See full list of 399 causes of Thrombocytopenia
- (Source - Diseases Database)

Definitions of Thrombocytopenia:

Thrombocytopenia: A condition in which an abnormally small number of platelets is present in the circulating blood. SYN: thrombopenia. [thrombocyte + G. penia, poverty]
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

A condition in which there is an abnormally small number of platelets in the circulating blood.
- (Source - Diseases Database)

A blood disease characterized by an abnormally small number of platelets in the blood
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Decrease in the number of blood platelets.
- (Source - CRISP)

Detailed list of causes of Thrombocytopenia

The list below shows some of the causes of Thrombocytopenia mentioned in various sources:

See full list of 399 causes of Thrombocytopenia

How Common are these Causes of Thrombocytopenia?

This information refers to the general prevalence and incidence of these diseases, not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Thrombocytopenia. Of the 399 causes of Thrombocytopenia that we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:

  • 5 causes are "very common" diseases
  • 6 causes are "common" diseases
  • 2 causes are "uncommon" diseases
  • 2 causes are "rare" diseases
  • 27 causes are "very rare" diseases
  • 366 causes have no prevalence information.

See the analysis of the prevalence of 399 causes of Thrombocytopenia

Conditions listing symptoms: Thrombocytopenia:

The following list of conditions have 'Thrombocytopenia' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

Symbols

  • 22q11.2 deletion syndrome ... Thrombocytopenia

    A

  • ACAD9 deficiency ... thrombocytopenia
  • Acute basophilic leukaemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Acute cholinergic dysautonomia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Acute erythroleukemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Acute lymphocytic leukemia ... Thrombocytopenia
  • Aggressive NK-cell leukaemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 3 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 4 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome 5 ... thrombocytopenia
  • AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections ... thrombocytopenia
  • Alport syndrome with leukocyte inclusions and macrothrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Antiphospholipid syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Aplastic anemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Atypical hemolytic uremic syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Autoimmune Thrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia

    B

  • Beemer-Ertbruggen syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Blueberry muffin syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Bone marrow failure - neurologic abnormalities ... thrombocytopenia
  • Brown Recluse spider poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Brown snake poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Busulfan toxicity syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    C

  • Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chemical poisoning - Chromium ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chemical poisoning - Metaldehyde ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chemical poisoning - Selenium ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chemical poisoning - Thallium ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chemical poisoning - Vinyl Choride ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chromosome 21q, partial deletion ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chromosome 22q deletion ... thrombocytopenia
  • Chromosome 22q11.2 deletion syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Congenital cytomegalovirus ... thrombocytopenia
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1/IIX ... thrombocytopenia
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1H ... thrombocytopenia
  • Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 2F ... thrombocytopenia
  • Copperhead snake poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Crotalidae snake poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Cutler-Bass-Romshe syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    D

  • D-minus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D-HUS) - familial ... thrombocytopenia
  • D-minus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D-HUS) - pregnancy related ... thrombocytopenia
  • D-plus hemolytic uremic syndrome (D+HUS) ... thrombocytopenia
  • Del (2) (p13-p11) ... thrombocytopenia
  • Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy ... thrombocytopenia
  • Diabetes insipidus, diabetes mellitus, optic atrophy, deafness, mitochondrial form ... thrombocytopenia
  • DIDMOAD Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... thrombocytopenia
  • Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis ... thrombocytopenia

    E

  • Epstein's Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Epstein-Barr virus, chronic ... thrombocytopenia

    F

  • Fanconi pancytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Faye-Petersen-Ward-Carey syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Fechtner syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    G

  • Gardner-Morrisson-Abbot syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Gaucher Disease ... thrombocytopenia
  • Gaucher disease - perinatal lethal form ... thrombocytopenia
  • Ghosal syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    H

  • Heavy-chain diseases ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic uremic syndrome, atypical, childhood ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 3 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 4 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 5 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome, Atypical, Susceptibility to, 6 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 3 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, familial, 4 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemophagocytic reticulosis ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hemorragic fever with renal syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Herbal Agent adverse reaction - Kombucha ... thrombocytopenia
  • Herbal Agent overdose - Kombucha ... thrombocytopenia
  • Homologous wasting disease ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hoyeraal-Hreidarsson syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hyper IgM syndrome 1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hyper IgM syndrome 3 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hypergammaglobulinemia ... thrombocytopenia

    I

  • Immune Dysfunction with T-Cell Inactivation due to Calcium Entry Defect 2 ... thrombocytopenia

    J

  • Jacobsen syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Juniper tar poisoning ... thrombocytopenia

    L

  • Leishmaniasis ... thrombocytopenia
  • Lupus ... thrombocytopenia
  • Lymphoblastic lymphoma ... thrombocytopenia

    M

  • Malignant Buotonneuse fever ... thrombocytopenia
  • Mayapple poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Methotrexate toxicity ... thrombocytopenia
  • Microcephaly immunodeficiency lymphoreticuloma ... thrombocytopenia
  • Myelodysplastic syndromes ... thrombocytopenia

    N

  • Necrotizing enterocolitis ... thrombocytopenia
  • Neurofibromatosis-Noonan syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Nijmegen Breakage Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Non-diarrheal (D-) HUS syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Noonan Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    O

  • Omsk hemorrhagic fever ... thrombocytopenia
  • Oriental Hornet poisoning ... thrombocytopenia
  • Osteopetrosis, autosomal recessive 2 ... thrombocytopenia

    P

  • Pancytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Paris-Trousseau thrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Pearson's anemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Philadelphia-negative chronic myeloid leukemia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Phocomelia - thrombocytopenia - encephalocele - urogenital malformation ... thrombocytopenia
  • Pseudo-torch syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Pyridoxamine 5-prime-phosphate oxidase deficiency ... thrombocytopenia

    R

  • Refractory anaemia with ringed sideroblasts ... thrombocytopenia
  • Renal segmental hypoplasia-induced Hypertension ... thrombocytopenia
  • Retinopathy - anaemia- CNS anomalies ... thrombocytopenia
  • Revesz Debuse syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Revesz Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    S

  • SARS ... thrombocytopenia
  • Sea-Blue histiocytosis ... thrombocytopenia
  • Sebastian syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Skeletal and Cardiac Malformations with thrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Skeleto cardiac syndrome with thrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia
  • Spondylometaphyseal dysplasia with combined immunodeficiency ... thrombocytopenia

    T

  • TAR syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Thrombocytopenia - Multiple Congenital Anomalies ... thrombocytopenia
  • Thyrocerebral-retinal syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Transcobalamin 2 deficiency ... thrombocytopenia
  • Trypanosomiasis, east-African ... thrombocytopenia

    V

  • Velocardiofacial syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Visceral leishmaniasis (kala-azar) ... thrombocytopenia

    W

  • Wolfram Syndrome 2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Wolfram Syndrome, Mitochondrial form ... thrombocytopenia

    Conditions listing complications: Thrombocytopenia:

    The following list of conditions have 'Thrombocytopenia' or similar listed as a complication in our database. The distinction between a symptom and complication is not always clear, and conditions mentioning this symptom as a complication may also be relevant. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Antiphospholipid syndrome ... thrombocytopenia
  • Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome ... thrombocytopenia

    B

  • Brucellosis ... thrombocytopenia

    G

  • Gaucher Disease ... thrombocytopenia
  • Gaucher disease type 1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Gaucher disease type 2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • Gaucher disease type 3 ... thrombocytopenia

    H

  • HIV-1, CRF01_AE ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF02_AG ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF04_ cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF05_ D/F ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF06_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF07_BC ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF08_BC ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF11_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF12_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF13_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF14_BG ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF15_01B ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF16_ A2D ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF17_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF18_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF19_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF20_BG ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF21_A2D ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF22_01A1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF23_BG ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF24_BG ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF25_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF26_AU ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF27_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF28_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF29_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF30_0206 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF31_BC ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF32_06A1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF33_01B ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF34_01B ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF35_AD ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF36_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF37_cpx ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF38_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF39_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF40_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF41_CD ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF42_BF ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1, CRF43_02G ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1A ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1A1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1A2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1A3 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1B ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1C ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1D ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1E ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1F ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1F1 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1F2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1G ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1H ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1J ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1K ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1M ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1N ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-1O ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-2 ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-2A ... thrombocytopenia
  • HIV-2B ... thrombocytopenia
  • Hyperdibasic aminoaciduria type 2 ... thrombocytopenia

    I

  • Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura ... Thrombocytopenia

    L

  • Littoral cell angioma of the spleen ... thrombocytopenia
  • Lupus ... thrombocytopenia

    M

  • May-Hegglin Anomaly ... thrombocytopenia
  • May-Hegglin thrombocytopenia ... thrombocytopenia

    P

  • Pediatric AIDS ... thrombocytopenia

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  • Causes of Thrombocytopenia Based on Risk Factors

    This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Thrombocytopenia based on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:

  • Travel - has the patient travelled recently?
  • Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?

    What are the alternative names for Thrombocytopenia:

    Platelet count low
    - (Source - Diseases Database)

    Classifications of Thrombocytopenia:

    Medical Conditions associated with Thrombocytopenia:

    Clotting symptoms (169 causes)

    Symptoms related to Thrombocytopenia:

    Haemophilia, Von Willebrands disease, Trauma, Lymphoma (7 causes), Leukaemia, Vitamin C deficiency, Chemotherapy, Steroids, Aplastic anemia, Bernard-soulier syndrome

    Medical articles on signs and symptoms:

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