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Condition in which the blood’s ability to coagulate (form clots) is impaired / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Coagulopathy (also known as a bleeding disorder) is a condition where the blood's ability to coagulate (form clots) is impaired,[1] a critical factor in preventing severe blood loss. This can cause prolonged or excessive bleeding (bleeding diathesis), which may occur following an injury, during menstruation, due to medical (including dental) procedures or without obvious cause.[2][3] Coagulopathies can be hereditary or acquired.
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Coagulopathy | |
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Other names | Bleeding disorder |
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Specialty | Hematology |
Symptoms | Chronic presentation: Frequent nosebleeds, easy bruising, feeling tired and anaemia, prolonged bleeding, petechiae and purpura, heavy periods and bleeding gums
Acute presentation: Fast heartrate, chest pain, difficulty breathing, feeling faint when standing and dizziness, nausea and vomiting, delirium, difficulty speaking, double vision, loss of co-ordination and seizures |
Complications | Uncontrolled hemorrhage and internal bleeding, soft tissue bleeding, joint damage from hemarthrosis, low blood volume, shock, abnormally low levels of platelets, ante- and postpartum bleeding, blood-borne infections from treatment, intracerebral hemorrhage, subarachnoid hemorrhage, multiple organ dysfunction syndrome, organ damage and death from blood loss |
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Coagulopathies are sometimes erroneously referred to as "clotting disorders"; a clotting disorder is a predisposition to clot formation (thrombus), also known as a hypercoagulable state or thrombophilia.[4]