What harm does subcutaneous bleeding cause? Why is it so serious?

There are two main causes of subcutaneous bleeding. One is vascular system diseases, which are caused by lesions in the blood vessels themselves, such as damage to the blood vessel walls or increased permeability and fragility of the blood vessel walls, causing red blood cells to leak out of the blood and form purpura. The other is blood system diseases, which are caused by disorders in the coagulation function of the blood system, such as thrombocytopenic purpura, in which the platelets in these people's blood are lower than normal.

When there is a lot of subcutaneous bleeding, the color will be red at first and turn purple or yellow over time. Some people will get a bruise on the local skin if it is slightly bumped, while some people will get a bruise on the skin even without any collision. This phenomenon is common in clinical practice, especially in women. It is sometimes an early manifestation of a certain bleeding disease and deserves attention.

The causes of purpura can be divided into two categories.

One is vascular system disease. Due to lesions in the blood vessels themselves, such as damage to the blood vessel walls or increased permeability and fragility of the blood vessel walls, red blood cells leak out of the blood, forming purpura. Vascular damage can be caused by bacterial toxins, chemical drugs, vitamin deficiency, etc. Such as simple purpura, allergic purpura, purpura caused by increased intravascular pressure, etc.

The cause of simple purpura is unclear. The disease is generally mild, with no obvious changes in the blood and blood vessels, and occasionally mild coagulation dysfunction. Generally there are no systemic symptoms, but scattered bright red bruises the size of a needle tip may appear on both lower limbs, which do not fade when pressed. After 7 days, the color gradually fades and disappears, but new bruises appear.

Allergic purpura often occurs due to increased permeability and fragility of blood vessel walls. The vascular system is diseased, but the blood itself does not change. Therefore, laboratory tests such as platelet count, clotting time, prothrombin time, etc. are all within normal range. Bleeding may also occur spontaneously under the skin of the lower or upper limbs. This type of internal bleeding that occurs under the skin sometimes appears as a needle-tip-sized bleeding spot, and sometimes as a palm-sized flake bleeding. The color starts out red, then turns purple, and after 2 to 3 days it turns brown and then gradually fades. The skin petechiae or ecchymosis vary in size and are unevenly distributed. They do not protrude above the skin surface, do not fade when pressed, and are not painful. Depending on the site of onset, allergic purpura can also manifest as rheumatic purpura and abdominal purpura.

The second cause of purpura hemorrhage is blood system disease. Bleeding caused by disorders of the blood coagulation function, such as thrombocytopenic purpura, in which the number of platelets in the blood is lower than normal. Because platelets are one of the most important factors in the blood coagulation mechanism, bleeding is more likely to occur when their number decreases. The more you reduce, the greater the chance of bleeding. It is more common in idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, aplastic anemia (platelet production disorder in the bone marrow), leukemia (the bone marrow is filled with leukemia cells, affecting platelet production), taking certain medications, severe infection, and hypersplenism caused by enlarged spleen.

The above-mentioned lesions not only cause skin bleeding, but also cause bleeding in other tissues and internal organs. Therefore, when subcutaneous bleeding occurs, you should be more careful and carefully check the organs of various systems to rule out blood system diseases. For special types of purpura, such as rheumatic purpura, thrombotic purpura, etc., the cause can only be found out through systematic examination. Therefore, purpura must not be taken lightly.

In addition to symptomatic treatment based on the cause of the disease, purpura can also be treated by supplementing vitamin C and taking Xue Ning syrup. Because the pathology of purpura is relatively complex, most purpura patients will develop a chronic disease and require long-term treatment.

Experiments have shown that peanut skins can resist the dissolution of fibrin, promote bone marrow hematopoietic function, increase platelet content, and strengthen the contraction function of capillaries. It can be used to treat various bleeding disorders and has obvious effects on bleeding and anemia caused by bleeding. It has been used in 285 cases of bleeding diseases in internal medicine, pediatrics, surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, etc., and more than 80% of the cases achieved satisfactory hemostatic effects, especially for hemophilia, primary and secondary thrombocytopenic purpura, liver disease bleeding, postoperative bleeding, cancer bleeding, and bleeding in internal organs such as the stomach, intestines, lungs, and uterus.