Causes of Prolonged Bleeding Time
| Drugs | Diseases |
|---|---|
| Alcohol | Aplastic anemia |
| Anticoagulants | Bernard-Soulier syndrome (hereditary giant plate syndrome) |
| Aspirin and other salicylates (OTC cold remedies, analgesics) | Connective tissue diseases Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) |
| Chlorothiazides | Glanzmann's thrombasthenia |
| High-molecular-weight dextran | Hepatic cirrhosis |
| Mithramycin | Hypersplenism |
| Streptokinase | Hypothyroidism |
| Sulfonamides | Leukemias |
| Thiazide diuretics | Malignancies such as Hodgkin's disease and multiple myeloma - Measles - Mumps - Scurvy - von Willebrand's disease |