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Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (view source)
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As [[Thrombocytes|platelets]] are used up in the thrombi, a [[Platelet Abnormalities#Thrombocytopaenia|thrombocytopaenia]] occurs which leads to paradoxical haemorrhaging and the patient starts to shown symptoms of bleeding. This is the mechanism by which most viral haemorrahgic diseases induce clinical symptoms.
As [[Thrombocytes|platelets]] are used up in the thrombi, a [[Platelet Abnormalities#Thrombocytopaenia|thrombocytopaenia]] occurs which leads to paradoxical haemorrhaging and the patient starts to shown symptoms of bleeding. This is the mechanism by which most viral haemorrahgic diseases induce clinical symptoms.
==Clinical Signs==
==Clinical Signs==