PURPURA HÆMORRHAGICA

Treatment of Purpura Hæmorrhagica

A Case for Diagnosis: (? Variola or Purpura Hæmorrhagica)

PURPURA HEMORRHAGICA). To the Editor, The Indian Medical Gazette. Sir,?On the 14th June, 1927, I was called in to attend a Hindu boy, aged about 13 years, whom I found to be unconscious, with a temperature of 103.4?F., and with constipation of two days' standing. I wasft told that prior to this illness, the boy had always been healthy. The day before he had been apparently in perfect health, ta...

A Case of Spirochætosis Ictero-Hæmorrhagica

MOST menI in genieral practice, especiall) perhaps in rural areas, are liable to see a case of spirochaetosis ictcro-halmorrhagica at some time or other. WVith the increased food production cIrive, rats are to be expected where grain is collected in and around farmyards, in spite of the constant warfare against these rodents. According to Hurst, about twenty-five per cent. of rat populationi is...

Neonatal Purpura Fulminans

Neonatal purpura fulminans is a rare and life threatening disease that can be inherited or acquired in etiology. It manifests as DIC and extensive subcutaneous thrombosis. The condition is often fatal unless there is prompt diagnosis, and judicious therapy. The most important causes of this condition are infections and congenital deficiency of anticoagulant proteins C and S.In the case of PC (p...

[Purpura fulminans].

Purpura Fulminans is an unusual condition, characterized by rapid progression, high systemic toxicity and great mortality. The clinical history of a girl aged 3 years and 6 months is presented. She was hospitalized in an Infectious Diseases Unit, from February 6 to March 3, 1981. Her illness began two days prior to admission, with fever, cpistaxis, moderate postration, violet -coloured lesions ...