Gum bleeding (Group 1 - Swim or Sink)

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Gum bleeding (Gingival bleeding)


Bleeding gums result from dental disorder (mostly), blood dyscrasias and drugs.

Physiologic causes include pregnancy (first or second trimester), atmospheric pressure changes (ussually affect divers, aviators) and oral trauma.


Some medical causes:
- Agranulocytosis
- Aplastic anemia
- Cirrhosis
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome
- Giant cell epulis
- Gingivitis
- Hemophilia
- Hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia
- Hypofibrinogenemia
- Leukemia
- Pemphigoid (benign mucosal)
- Periodontal disease
- Pernicious anemia
- Polycythemia vera
- Pyogenic granuloma
- Thrombasthenia (familial)
- Thrombocytopenia
- Thrombocytopenic purpura (idiopathic)
- Vitamin C deficiency (scurvy)
- Vitamin K deficiency

Nguồn: Professional Guide to Signs and Symptoms 5th Edition, p. 378, 379