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CardiovascularSystems

Capillary Fragility

Lesion or defect of small cutaneous vessels: capillaries, arterioles, venules and superficial venous plexus.

“Blue” at the slightest shock: ecchymosis of the subcutaneous network.

Ecchymosis: Spot either purple, black, brown or yellowish which results from the infiltration of the cellular tissue by a variable quantity of blood.

Hematoma: this is an encysted collection of blood.

Petechia: variety of skin hemorrhage, characterized by purplish red spots.

After middle age, the susceptibility to bruising increases markedly and may indicate a bleeding disorder.

The birth control pill, certain diuretics, corticosteroids may accentuate bruising.

Aspirin, ibuprofen, etc. are criticized for accentuating certain hematoma phenomena.

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