Bleeding Disorders Summary Normally, if you get hurt, your body forms a blood clot to stop the bleeding. For blood to clot, your body needs cells called platelets and proteins known as clotting factors. If you have a bleeding disorder, you either do not have enough platelets or clotting factors or they don’t work the way they should. Bleeding disorders can be the result of other diseases, such as severe liver disease. They can also be inherited. Hemophilia is an inherited bleeding disorder. Bleeding disorders can also be a side effect of medicines. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Array Bleeding Disorders Department of Health and Human Services, Office on Women’s Health Bleeding disorders Bleeding time Blood clotting Disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) Partial thromboplastin time (PTT) Prothrombin time (PT) Women Bleeding Disorders in Women Centers for Disease Control and Prevention What Should You Know about Blood Disorders in Women? Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Treatments and Therapies Bleeding Disorders Treatment Options World Federation of Hemophilia How Is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Treated? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute MedlinePlus: Blood Thinners National Library of Medicine Encyclopedia Bleeding into the skin Congenital afibrinogenemia Euglobulin lysis time Factor II assay Factor II deficiency Factor V assay Factor V deficiency Factor VII assay Factor VII deficiency Factor X assay Factor X deficiency Factor XII (Hageman factor) deficiency Factor XII assay Fibrin degradation products Fibrinogen Fibrinolysis – primary or secondary Fibrinopeptide A blood test Hemoglobinuria test Hemorrhagic disease of the newborn Osler-Weber-Rendu syndrome Protein electrophoresis – serum Children Blood (For Parents) Nemours Foundation Teenagers Blood Transfusions (For Teens) Nemours Foundation Start Here Bruising and Bleeding Merck & Co., Inc. Find an Expert Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Find a Hematologist American Society of Hematology National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Clinical Trials ClinicalTrials.gov: Blood Coagulation Disorders National Institutes of Health Diagnosis and Tests Coagulation Factors Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry D-dimer Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry Factor V Leiden Mutation and PT 20210 Mutation Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry Fibrinogen Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry How Is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation Diagnosed? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Platelet Count American Association for Clinical Chemistry PT and INR Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry PTT Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry Thrombin Time American Association for Clinical Chemistry Health Check Tools Easy Bleeding DSHI Systems Genetics Genetics Home Reference: acute promyelocytic leukemia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: congenital afibrinogenemia National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: factor V deficiency National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: factor X deficiency National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: factor XIII deficiency National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: gray platelet syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Noonan syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: prekallikrein deficiency National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: prothrombin deficiency National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Stormorken syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: thrombocytopenia-absent radius syndrome National Library of Medicine Genetics Home Reference: Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome National Library of Medicine Living With Living with Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute What Is a Blood Transfusion? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Journal Articles Bleeding disorders Symptoms Signs and Symptoms of a Bleeding Disorder in Women Centers for Disease Control and Prevention What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Specifics What Are Rare Clotting Factor Deficiencies? World Federation of Hemophilia What Is Combined Deficiency of Vitamin K-Dependent Clotting Factors? World Federation of Hemophilia What Is Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation? National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
