Talk:Purpura

need greek or latin root or whatever.
need root.

blanching
May I suggest the addition of the fact that blanching determines whether it is purpuric or not - source: Fitzpatrick's Clinical Dermatology p. XXV --C3045051 (talk) 04:32, 19 October 2008 (UTC)


 * Blanching can be a diagnostic pointer. Many other spots do not blanch either. Briefly added to article. Snowman (talk) 13:39, 24 October 2008 (UTC)

coagulation disorders
purpura is rarely caused by a defect in the coagulation cascade and, in fact, the two causes under the coagulation disorders causes purpura in either platelet destruction (DIC) or increase the fragility of blood vessels (scurvy)--Mohdalg (talk) 15:23, 27 April 2009 (UTC) yusd 8a          nads7nuiy          iuhaf  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 61.3.53.82 (talk) 07:56, 12 January 2015 (UTC)

Scurvy as a coagulation disorder
scurvy causing weakened vessel wall does not sound like a problem of coagulation, but a vascular problem — Preceding unsigned comment added by Geoffreyliuca (talk • contribs) 01:39, 10 September 2012 (UTC)

Photo at top left of Purpura article
At close inspection, (as close as possible)the photo appears to be of skins lesions with a papular characteristic, possibly small central vesicles. Purpura are infact flat or more correctly just beneath the skin surfice. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dlr4951 (talk • contribs) 17:56, 17 February 2010 (UTC)

Definition and plural form
The opening sentence says that purpura is the appearance of spots. The next sentence then talks about purpura as being spots. My guess is that purpura refers to both the disease in general and the spots, but not the appearance per se.

Also, Wiktionary has purpura as a countable and non-count noun, with the plural form being "purpuras." In this article, the form "purpura" is used as the plural. Wakablogger2 (talk) 04:27, 23 June 2010 (UTC)


 * I think your first statement sounds correct, and I'd have assumed purpurum for singular and purpura for plural - similar to forum (singular)->fora (plural), or ovum (singular)-> ova (plural). EdwardLane (talk) 09:49, 27 March 2012 (UTC)

Proposed merge with Purpura secondary to clotting disorders
Small stub could go to mentioned Coagulation para on target page Iztwoz (talk) 06:39, 18 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Done Doc James  (talk · contribs · email) 16:32, 18 July 2016 (UTC)