A disorder that causes extensive clot formation in the blood vessels, followed by severe bleeding.
Acquired clotting disorder occurring simultaneously with another medical condition in which clotting mechanisms become accelerated resulting in occlusion of the microcirculation. Common causes of DIC include obstetric complications, cancer, sepsis, and massive tissue damage.
Disruption of clotting due to hyperstimulation of coagulation pathways resulting in unfocused clotting action that exhausts necessary clotting factors such that generalized and severe bleeding occurs.
A process inside blood vessels that sometimes follows certain types of surgery, which produces depletion of substances essential in blood clotting, resulting in profuse bleeding episodes.
A life-threatening disease occurring as a complication of other conditions in which the coagulation pathways are hyper stimulated, resulting in diffuse rather than localized activation of coagulation factors. The accelerated clotting occludes small blood vessels (usually in the kidneys and extremities, but sometimes in the brain, lungs, pituitary and adrenal glands, and GI mucosa), resulting in organ necrosis. Clotting factors are consumed to such an extent that generalized bleeding may occur.
A life-threatening disease occurring as a complication of other conditions in which the coagulation pathways are hyper stimulated, resulting in diffuse rather than localized activation of coagulation factors. The accelerated clotting occludes small blood vessels (usually in the kidneys and extremities, but sometimes in the brain, lungs, pituitary and adrenal glands, and GI mucosa), resulting in organ necrosis. Clotting factors are consumed to such an extent that generalized bleeding may occur.
In the realm of medical afflictions, there exists a grave condition that arises when the delicate equilibrium between bleeding and clotting is disrupted. This disruption leads to an abnormal state where excessive bleeding and clotting occur, resulting in harm to vital organs, the onset of anemia, and, in severe cases, even loss of life.
The type of bleeding disorder characterized by abnormal blood clotting, which results in a depletion of coagulation factors in the blood, is known as “disseminated intravascular coagulation” (DIC). As a consequence of this condition, severe and spontaneous bleeding may occur.