Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura

DEFINITIONPatient asks to mbah dukun: "Mbah, my name is Painem, im from Belgia, i have a problem. my son's legs frequently bruising, red spots appear, these has been about 6 months, intermittent, sometimes accompanied by fever, DHF-like disease. Would you tell me what is that?Mbah Dukun anwers:ITP, primary immune thrombocytopenia (also called immune (idiopathic) thrombocytopenic purpura), is an autoimmune disease. In autoimmune diseases, the body...

Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia

 DefinitionChronic Myelocytic leukemia (mieloid, mielogenous, granulocytic, CML) is a disease in which a cell in the bone marrow turn into malignant and produce a large number of granulocytes (a type of white blood cells) are abnormal . When this happens, infectious anemia, or bleeding easily occurs. CML seldom attack individuals under the age of 20 years, but the incidence increases with age.CML clinical picture similar to the AML, but milder...

CARDIORENAL SYNDROME

DEFINTIONThere is no definite definition of the notion Cardiorenal Syndrome (CRS). The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute defines the circumstances in which therapy to relieve symptoms of congestive heart failure is limited by the decline in kidney function. More broadly described as a state of moderate or high renal dysfunction, which appears in heart failure patients during therapy. Some...