2.  A bleeding disorder is a general term for a wide range of medical problems that lead to poor blood clotting and continuous bleeding  Bleeding Disorders also known as coagulopathy, abnormal bleeding and clotting disorders.

3.  A bleeding disorder can result from defects in the blood vessels or from abnormalities in the blood itself. The abnormalities may be in blood clotting factors or in platelets.

5. Causes Of Bleeding Hematologic ThrombocytopeniaCoagulopathy Vascular NonHematologic

8.  Age of Onset : Neonate, Toddler, Adolescent  Family History : Family Tree and Gender  Bleeding History : previous surgical/dental procedure, presence of systemic disorder, drug history, usual patter or inconsistent history  Pattern of bleeding : Mucous membrane bleeding and skin hemorrhage, bleeding into muscles or into joints & scarring & delayed hemorrhage.

9.  Treatments used are often, erythropoietin -(a red cell growth factor, commercially available as Procrit, Epogen and Aranesp) may help restore red cell production ).  ADD- treatments vary depending on the disorder.  For vitamin or mineral deficiencies, the appropriate factor must be replaced and the reason for the deficiency identified.  Iron deficiency is often due to bleeding; if so, the source of the bleeding must be found and remedied. ​

10. Your body needs iron to make hemoglobin. Your body can more easily absorb iron from meats than from vegetables or other foods. A doctor may suggest eating more meat— especially red meat (such as beef or liver), as well as chicken, turkey, pork, fish, and shellfish.  Nonmeat foods that are good sources of iron include:  Spinach and other dark green leafy vegetables  Peas; lentils, baked beans  Dried fruits, such as prunes, raisins, and apricots

12.  Scarring of the joints or joint disease  Vision loss from bleeding into the eye  Chronic anemia from blood loss. Anemia is a low red blood cell count  Neurologic or psychiatric problems  Death, which may occur with large amounts of blood loss or bleeding in critical areas, such as the brain

13.  von Willebrand disease (VWD)- VWD is the most common inherited, or congenital, bleeding disorder in humans, affecting men and women equally. People with WVD don’t have enough von Willebrand factor or their von Willebrand factor might not work properly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jU-szJFw240  Hemophilia- There are two types of hemophilia: Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B. Hemophilia A is the most common type. It is caused by not having enough factor VIII in the blood https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oExbzAJP7t4  Hemophilia B - also known as Christmas disease, is caused by a deficiency of factor IX

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