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hemorrhagic diathesis

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hemorrhagic diathesis [‚hem·ə′raj·ik dī′ath·ə·səs]
(medicine)
Any condition marked by abnormal bleeding tendency.


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MHF is characterized by sudden onset of fever, headache, myalgia, arthralgia, and frequently progresses to diarrhea and vomiting, hemorrhagic diathesis (petechiae, hematemesis, melena), and death (1).
Hemorrhagic diathesis is a common complication of dengue fever.
We conducted additional tests because thrombocytopenia could have been the first sign of a more severe form of dengue infection, dengue hemorrhagic fever, which is associated with hemorrhagic diathesis and shock (6).
 
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