Ecchymosis

Ecchymosis ( AltGr ἐκχύμωσις ( ἐκ - from χέω - I pour ). Lat ecchymosis ) is the medical term for a small -scale, patchy skin circulation.

The ecchymosis is a kind of purpura ( general skin blood flow ), which are distinguished according to size. They range from sowing of punctiform hemorrhages ( petechiae ), coins Sugillationen large ecchymosis over to suffusions ( large bleeding ).

The cause of acute bacteremia or sepsis, immune disorders, increased cortisol levels in the blood ( eg, glucocorticoid therapy or Cushing's disease ), infections such as malaria or plague, vascular disorders, thrombocytopenia come ( low platelet counts ), bites and stings of venomous animals such as z. B. vipers, congestion due to be compressed violence ( eg, chokes, choking ) and Paraproteinemias (wrong and too many proteins in the blood) in question. They may further ecchymosis sign of fractures ( broken bones ) and, if only temporary dislocations ( joint dislocations ), eg in the area of ​​the foot skeleton.

Ecchymosis may be signs of acute pancreatitis. This is called the Cullen's sign when the show bleeding in the area around the navel around, and the Grey- Turner's sign if the bleeding in the region of the flanks are.