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Addison's Disease Learning Center
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Injury of adrenal gland
- Sepsis
- anticoagulants
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Use of certain medications
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Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Primary Hypercoagul...
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Sepsis refers to a bacterial infection in the bloodstream or body tissues. This is a very broad term covering the presence of many types of microscopic diseasecausing organisms.
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Sepsis is a severe illness in which the bloodstream is overwhelmed by bacteria.
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Infection is characterized by an inflammatory response to the presence of microorganisms in the body. This response may include fever , chills, redness, swelling, pus formation and other responses. The most common cause of illness and death in pat...
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Anticoagulants are drugs used to prevent clot formation or to prevent a clot that has formed from enlarging. They inhibit clot formation by blocking the action of clotting factors or platelets. Anticoagulant drugs fall into three categories: inhib...
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Hypercoagulable states are conditions that may lead to the abnormal development of blood clots. Blood clots can develop in either arteries or veins. See also: Blood clots in the legs; Deep venous thrombosis (DVT; Hepatic vein obstruction (Budd-Chi...
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