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Are splinter haemorrhages a sign of infective endocarditis?
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What are splinter hemorrhages?
Jun 25, 2022 · Splinter hemorrhages may be due to inflammation of your blood vessels . Several diseases such as antiphospholipid syndrome and lupus can cause vasculitis. Infectious diseases. Bacterial infections such as endocarditis may cause splinter hemorrhages. Endocarditis is an infection of your heart valves.
Aug 8, 2023 · One possible symptom is splinter hemorrhages, thin red or reddish-brown lines under the fingernails. These lines appear when small blood vessels (capillaries) are damaged....
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Contact your provider if you notice splinter hemorrhages and you haven't had any recent injury to the nail. Splinter hemorrhages most often appear late in endocarditis. In most cases, other symptoms will cause you to visit your provider before splinter hemorrhages appear.
Aug 4, 2022 · Once considered a classic sign of infective endocarditis, splinter haemorrhages no longer feature among current criteria for diagnosis. A retrospective study of more than 1000 patients reassessed their diagnostic value using the Duke criteria as a gold standard. It turns out that splinter haemorrhages have poor sensitivity but high specificity.
Jul 24, 2017 · The primary symptom of a splinter hemorrhage is a small amount of bleeding underneath a nail. You may notice a dark red or brown line along your nail groove. The dark streak closely...
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Aug 26, 2017 · Causes. Symptoms. Treatments. Outlook. A splinter hemorrhage causes red or discolored streaks down the fingernail. The name refers to how a splinter hemorrhage resembles having...
Symptoms |. Diagnosis |. Prognosis |. Prevention |. Treatment. Infective endocarditis is an infection of the lining of the heart (endocardium) and usually also of the heart valves. Infective endocarditis occurs when bacteria enter the bloodstream and travel to and attach to previously injured heart valves.
