Hemorrhagic Episodes: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Hemorrhagic Episodes

Hemosiderosis

episodes. [journals.lww.com]

It can be fatal initially, or it may develop into chronic or recurrent episodes of pulmonary hemorrhage with the eventual development of pulmonary hemosiderosis and fibrosis [annals.org]

[…] of hemorrhage, with resulting pallor, fever, abdominal pain and vomiting. [nejm.org]

Factor II Deficiency

Ten of 41 patients developed an increased prothrombin time, three with a hemorrhagic episode. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The clinical presentation ranges from mild bleeding episodes to severe and life-threatening hemorrhage. [symptoma.com]

episodes in the absence of adequate treatment. [symptoma.com]

Essential Thrombocythemia Type 1

Hereditary Factor I Deficiency

episodes, particularly during infancy and childhood. [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Severe hemorrhagic episodes may characterize a few abnormal fibrinogen variants (eg, Imperate, Dettori, Detroit). [emedicine.medscape.com]

CNS hemorrhage, or during pregnancy for women with recurrent miscarriage. [3] Individuals with afibrinogenemia should consider the following as part of their management [rarediseases.info.nih.gov]

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis

Pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare and severe pulmonary syndrome characterized by a triad of recurrent episodes of alveolar hemorrhage (bleeding into air sacs), hemoptysis [glutenfreeworks.com]

It is characterized by the triad of recurrent episodes of alveolar hemorrhage, presenting as hemoptysis, iron deficiency anemia and bilateral pulmonary infiltrates seen on [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Early diagnosis and treatment with corticosteroids prevents further episodes of recurrent alveolar hemorrhage and improves the clinical outcome. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Afibrinogenemia

episodes, particularly during infancy and childhood. [rarediseases.org]

Affected individuals may be susceptible to severe bleeding (hemorrhaging) episodes, particularly during infancy and childhood. [rarediseases.org]

Acute hemorrhagic episodes can be treated with either fresh frozen plasma or cryoprecipitate or fibrinogen concentrate (Cohn fraction I). [ijponline.biomedcentral.com]

Thrombocytopenia-Absent Radius Syndrome

When they are present, however, treatment with frequent transfusions and early dialysis may be necessary to prevent serious and life-threatening hemorrhagic episodes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Consequently, thrombocytopenia results in potentially severe bleeding episodes (hemorrhaging) primarily during infancy. [birthdefects.org]

Low platelet levels can result in severe bleeding episodes (hemorrhaging). [rarediseases.org]

Superficial Siderosis of the Central Nervous System

Abstract The purpose of this study was to examine whether a single episode of traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage (tSAH) could cause superficial siderosis of the central nervous [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of subarachnoid hemorrhage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Although it is common to see a small amount of hemosiderin deposition at the margins of a previous hemorrhage or surgical resection margin, a single episode of subarachnoid [radiopaedia.org]

Factor X Deficiency

episodes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Management and treatment Prothrombin Complex Concentrates (PCCs) or fresh frozen plasma (if PCCs are not available) is usually used to treat hemorrhagic episodes. [orpha.net]

We report the first pediatric case of successful liver transplantation for the correction of a severe congenital FX deficiency in a child with recurrent life-threatening hemorrhagic [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Intrapontine Hemorrhage

The first episode of hemorrhage in patients with brainstem cavernous malformations is usually benign. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Case 4 was a 7 year old girl who died of pontine hemorrhage recurred 5 months after the first episode suggesting small pontine hemorrhage. [webview.isho.jp]

Conclusions: Cause is a main predictor of clinical and radiological severity at presentation and outcome in patients with pontine hemorrhage. [karger.com]

Cephalhematoma

During 6 months follow-up, he remained stable without recurrence of a hemorrhagic episode. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

During 6 months of follow-up, he remained well without recurrence of a hemorrhagic episode. [bmcinfectdis.biomedcentral.com]

Subconjunctival Hemorrhage

PURPOSE: To report on the occurrence of frequent episodes of spontaneous subconjunctival hemorrhage (SCH) in patients with the Leu 34 allele of the coagulation factor XIII [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

To report 3 patients with conjunctival cavernous hemangioma in association with multiple recurrent episodes of subconjunctival hemorrhage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 38-year-old woman presented with a recurrence of episodes of severe bilateral subconjunctival hemorrhage. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mallory-Weiss Syndrome

On admission, the severity of the hemorrhagic episodes was significantly higher in patients treated with sclerotherapy than in those who did not require this procedure. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

It is the cause of about 5% of episodes of upper GI hemorrhage. The tear may also be accompanied by pain in the lower chest. [merckmanuals.com]

It is the cause of about 5% of episodes of upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage. The tear may also be accompanied by pain in the lower chest. [merckmanuals.com]

Evans Syndrome

episodes, and significant cardiovascular problems including heart failure. [rarediseases.org]

These findings may come and go or, in some cases, may only occur during acute episodes. [rarediseases.org]

[…] syndrome may not respond to treatment (refractory Evans syndrome) and can eventually progress to cause life-threatening complications including sepsis, severe bleeding (hemorrhaging [rarediseases.org]

Hereditary Factor I Deficiency

Severe hemorrhagic episodes may characterize a few abnormal fibrinogen variants (eg, Imperate, Dettori, Detroit). [emedicine.medscape.com]

[…] telangiectasia (HHT), Neurofibromatosis, Hyperekplexia, Holoprosencephaly, Refsum disease, Episodic ataxia, Dopa-responsive dystonia, Neuropathic pain syndromes, Malignant [cegat.de]

Common variable immune deficiency, Tuberous sclerosis, Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (small), Hereditary breast and ovarian cancer (large), Lynch syndrome, Hereditary hemorrhagic [cegat.de]

Pulmonary Hemorrhage

[…] further hemorrhagic episodes [ 1 ]. [academic.oup.com]

Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemorrhage and Goodpasture's Syndrome IPH • Both are characterized by repeated episodes of pulmonary hemorrhage • Both produce iron-deficiency anemia [learningradiology.com]

There remains a small group of patients in whom repeated episodes of pulmonary hemorrhage occur in the absence of any discernible predisposing illness. [histopathology-india.net]

Hemophilic Arthropathy

episode. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Joint hemorrhages represent the most common type of bleeding episode in persons with hemophilia, and recurrent hemarthrosis triggers chronic arthropathy, which is the most [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] causes the synovial membrane covering the joints to get inflamed, resulting in reactive synovitis Multiple episodes of the aforementioned (joint) hemorrhage can result in [dovemed.com]

Hypergonadotropic Hypogonadism - Partial Alopecia

Pathogen: General Description: Scott syndrome is an extremely rare autosomal recessive congenital hemorrhagic disorder characterized by hemorrhagic episodes. [humandiseaseinsight.com]

Brain Angioma

Neurol India 2009;57:350-1 Sir, Cavernous angioma (CA) of central nervous system (CNS) is an uncommon disease and presents with seizures, hemorrhagic episodes, and rarely [neurologyindia.com]

The inception point was the diagnosis of the first brain stem hemorrhage episode due to BCM. [karger.com]

In other cases, a cerebral cavernous malformation may cause substantial bleeding in a single episode, with significant hemorrhage leading to severe neurological deficits or [weillcornellbrainandspine.org]

Thrombocytosis

It is characterized by sustained thrombocytosis in the blood, increased numbers of large, mature megakaryocytes in the bone marrow, and episodes of thrombosis and/or hemorrhage [icd9data.com]

No pathological thromboses or hemorrhages or other sequelae were detected and all episodes resolved with no deaths. [nature.com]

The disease can progress with thrombotic and hemorrhagic episodes. 5 Essential thrombocytosis is not a cause of protein-losing enteropathy, and its association with eosinophilic [scielo.br]

Hemarthrosis

It was noted that the longer the interval following the hemorrhagic episode, the fewer the siderosomes and erythrophagosomes in synovial macrophages. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Aside from the life-threatening episodes of bleeding, it constitutes the principal disability arising from the hemophilias. [britannica.com]

Learn about this topic in these articles: joint disease In joint disease: Hemorrhagic joint diseases Hemarthrosis (bleeding into the joints) is a major complication of hemorrhagic [britannica.com]

Hereditary Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy

Transient focal neurological episodes, cerebral amyloid angiopathy, and intracerebral hemorrhage risk: looking beyond TIAs. Int J Stroke 2013; 8: 105-8. [ Links ] 25. [scielo.cl]

Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation

Six patients presented with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH) during pregnancy (first hemorrhagic episode); 2 patients presented with headache; and 1 patient with incidental [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

But massive, even fatal, bleeding episodes do occur. [pabrainspine.com]

Second, the occurrence of multiple episodes of cerebral hemorrhage secondary to multiple micro-AVMs has never been reported before in HIV. [ajnr.org]

Anton Syndrome

Preeclampsia Obstetric hemorrhage Head trauma Adrenoleukodystrophy Hypertensive encephalopathy Angiitis (autoimmune) of the central nervous system Progressive multifocal [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of posterior cerebral arteries (most common cause) Cardiac surgery Cerebral angiography MELAS (mitochondrial myopathy, encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis, and stroke-like episodes [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Essential Thrombocythemia Type 2

In our population sample, fifty-two of the 280 patients (18.6%) had experienced mild to severe thrombo-hemorrhagic episode(s) before the diagnosis. [openaccessjournals.com]

Hemorrhage Five patients (4.4 percent) — three taking aspirin and two taking ticlopidine — had bleeding episodes. [nejm.org]

episodes or both Pathophysiology Platelet survival is normal in essential thrombocytosis. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Retroperitoneal Hemorrhage

She experienced two massive retroperitoneal hemorrhage episodes within 24 hours, which resulted in shock and required emergent angiographic embolization. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Spontaneous retroperitoneal and iliopsoas muscle hemorrhages are rare bleeding episodes in hemophilia patients. [omicsonline.org]

Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following ruptured renal angiomyolipoma is usually managed surgically or by embolization. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Acquired Hemophilia A

episodes. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A prompt diagnosis and appropriate management enable effective control of this acquired hemorrhagic disorder: the aims of therapy are to terminate the acute bleeding episode [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

During a follow up of 5months, patient had no further episode of hemorrhage. [medcraveonline.com]

Eales Disease

Prognosis Isolated episodes of vitreous hemorrhage usually settle down without visual deficit. [orpha.net]

The presence of persistent retinal neovascularization despite adequate laser photocoagulation caused recurrent episodes of vitreous hemorrhage in the first patient. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The vitreous cleared in only 38% of eyes within 6 months after the initial episode of vitreous hemorrhage. [webview.isho.jp]

Bilateral Massive Adrenal Hemorrhage

[…] acute episode of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage (lower panel). [ej-endocrinology.org]

Rare case reports exist of patients who had complete recovery of adrenal function after an episode of extensive, bilateral adrenal hemorrhage and acute adrenal insufficiency [emedicine.medscape.com]

To our knowledge, this is the first case in which the two episodes of bilateral adrenal hemorrhage have been visualized. [academic.oup.com]

Acquired Coagulation Factor Deficiency

Management and treatment Prothrombin Complex Concentrates (PCCs) or fresh frozen plasma (if PCCs are not available) is usually used to treat hemorrhagic episodes. [orpha.net]

Antifibrinolytic agents – aminocaproic acid or tranexamic acid – can be used alone in mild bleeding episodes or in combination with plasma for more severe hemorrhage. [cancertherapyadvisor.com]