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What to expect at your health care provider's office

Your doctor will examine you and ask questions about the bleeding, such as:

Have you recently had an injury or accident?
Have you been ill lately?
Have you had radiation therapy or chemotherapy?
What other medical treatments have you had?
Do you take aspirin more than once a week?
Do you take Coumadin, heparin, or other "blood thinners" (anticoagulants)?
Has the bleeding occurred repeatedly?
Have you always had a tendency to bleed into the skin?
Did the bleeding start in infancy (for example, with circumcision)?
Did it start with surgery or when you had a tooth pulled?

The following diagnostic tests may be performed:

Coagulation tests including INR and prothrombin time
CBC with platelet count and blood differential
Bone marrow biopsy

References

Schafer AI. Approach to the patient with bleeding and thrombosis. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 178.

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Reviewer Info: Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. ; ADAM Health Illustrated Encyclopedia, 05/02/2009

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