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Causes
Common Causes
- Cryptosporidiosis
- Dysentery
- Entamoeba histolytica
- Enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli
- Giardia lamblia
- Rotavirus
- Salmonella
- Shigellosis
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Vibrio parahaemolyticus
- Viral haemorrhagic fever
- Visceral leishmaniasis
- Yersinia enterocolitica
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Bothrops venom, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias, tuberous sclerosis |
| Chemical / poisoning | |
| Dermatologic |
Lichen planus (oral), linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis, pemphigus, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, thrombocytopenia, tuberous sclerosis, bothrops venom, scurvy, haemophillia, systemic lupus erythromatosus, kaposi's sarcoma, ebola hemorrhagic fever |
| Drug Side Effect | Acitretin , aspirin, bevacizumab injection, cholestyramine resin, clofarabine injection, co-codamol, colestipol, coumatetralyl, cyclosporine, cytotoxic chemotherapy, efalizumab injection, heparin injection, itraconazole , mercury(II) chloride poisoning, methotrexate, mycophenolate , pamidronate injection , paracetamol, phenytoin (oral), pregabalin , protiodide, venlafaxine, zoledronic acid injection |
| Ear Nose Throat | Dry mouth, Vincent's angina, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | Diabetes, progesterone, arsenic poisoning, bothrops venom, radium jaw, lead poisoning |
| Gastroenterologic | Cholestyramine Resin , essential thrombocytosis , ebola hemorrhagic fever, waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias |
| Genetic |
Haemophillia, hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasias |
| Hematologic | Aplastic anemia, essential thrombocytosis, idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, lead poisoning, thrombocytopenia, vitamin K deficiency, von willebrand 's disease, waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, coumatetralyl, haemophillia, bolivian hemorrhagic fever, ebola hemorrhagic fever, rift valley fever, acute myeloid leukemia, systemic lupus erythromatosus |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | Bolivian hemorrhagic fever, ebola hemorrhagic fever, ehrlichiosis (canine), herpes simplex virus, rift valley fever, MMR vaccine |
| Musculoskeletal / Ortho | Systemic lupus erythromatosus |
| Neurologic | Tuberous sclerosis, phenytoin (oral), pregabalin , waldenstrom macroglobulinemia, rift valley fever, ebola hemorrhagic fever, bothrops venom |
| Nutritional / Metabolic | Scurvy, diabetes, vitamin K deficiency |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | Pregnancy, progesterone, von willebrand's disease |
| Oncologic | Acute myeloid leukemia, kaposi's sarcoma, oral cancer, cytotoxic chemotherapy |
| Opthalmologic | Rift valley fever |
| Overdose / Toxicity | Chronic alcoholism, arsenic poisoning, lead poisoning |
| Psychiatric | Stress |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal / Electrolyte | Tuberous sclerosis, bothrops venom, systemic lupus erythromatosus |
| Rheum / Immune / Allergy | Systemic lupus erythromatosus, linear immunoglobulin A dermatosis, pemphigus, mycophenolate , haemophillia |
| Sexual | Fellatio, herpes simplex virus, kaposi's sarcoma |
| Trauma | Rough teeth brushing, wisdom teeth |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Dental | Dental implant, epulis, extraction (dental), gingivitis, Ludwig's angina, periodontitis, poor oral hygiene, rough teeth brushing, wisdom teeth, radium jaw, lead poisoning, scurvy |
| Miscellaneous | Body piercing, MMR vaccine, stress |