Bleeding Disorders
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Topic: Bleeding Disorders
Posted By: kebakat
Subject: Bleeding Disorders
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 3:55pm
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Does anyone know how they test for bleeding disorders these days?
Alex looks like hes inherited a bleeding problem from the in laws. On his skin prick test he took a very long time to clot. BIL couldn't get his tonsils out as a kid because they thought he would bleed to death. MIL is a bleeder too (fluctuating factor 8 or something). I'm not worried by it, just curious. Hes gonna be referred to a paed but I doubt they will be in any great hurry to see him. |
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Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 26 October 2010 at 4:03pm
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Depends on what it is. I have von willebrands and the test for that takes a couple of viles of blood but they won't test the children unless they absolutely need to because taking blood from a child (especially a baby) is difficult and VWB's isn't immediately life threatening iykwim. DD was tested before she had surgery last year but DS hasn't needed to be tested yet. -------------  
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