What is a bleeding tendency?
Bleeding diathesis means a tendency to bleed or bruise easily. The word “diathesis” comes from the ancient Greek word for “state” or “condition.” Most bleeding disorders occur when blood doesn’t clot properly. Symptoms of bleeding diathesis can range from mild to severe.
How much bleeding is normal in pregnancy?
Bleeding and spotting from the vagina during pregnancy are common. Up to 1 out of 4 (up to 25%) of all pregnant women have some bleeding or spotting during their pregnancy. Bleeding and spotting in pregnancy don’t always mean there’s a problem, but they can be a sign of miscarriage or other serious complications.
What is considered light bleeding during pregnancy?
Light bleeding, or spotting, during pregnancy is common, especially during the first trimester. It is considered spotting when you notice a few drops of blood occasionally in your underwear, or if you wipe yourself with tissue and see a little blood on the paper. There should not be enough blood to fill a panty liner.
What are the different types of bleeding disorders during pregnancy?
Causes of bleeding disorders include:
- Von Willebrand disease.
- Hemophilia.
- Other clotting factor deficiencies.
- Platelet disorders.
- Disorders caused by anticoagulants (blood thinners)
- Obstetric complications associated with coagulopathy (such as placental abruption, preeclampsia or acute fatty liver of pregnancy)
What causes bleeding tendency?
BLEEDING TENDENCIES A bleeding tendency can be caused mainly by a blood platelet defect (thrombocytopenia) or blood coagulation defect (anticoagulant drugs, haemophilia, von Willebrand disease).
What does low platelets indicate?
People with thrombocytopenia have low platelet levels. Platelets aid blood clotting (stopping bleeding). When platelet levels are low, you may bruise and bleed excessively. Certain cancers, cancer treatments, medications and autoimmune diseases can cause the condition.
Can you be bleeding and still be pregnant?
After a girl is pregnant, she no longer gets her period. But girls who are pregnant can have other bleeding that might look like a period. For example, there can be a small amount of bleeding when a fertilized egg implants in the uterus. Doctors call this implantation bleeding.
What is the most common bleeding disorder?
Von Willebrand disease (VWD), the most common inherited bleeding disorder.
What are the symptoms of bleeding disorders?
Symptoms of bleeding disorders may include:
- Easy bruising.
- Bleeding gums.
- Heavy bleeding from small cuts or dental work.
- Unexplained nosebleeds.
- Heavy menstrual bleeding.
- Bleeding into joints.
- Excessive bleeding following surgery.
Why do I have a tendency to bleed?
Bleeding tendencies (hemorrhagic diatheses) sometimes accompany hepatic failure. Impaired synthesis of clotting factors, reduced clearance of the products of the clotting process, and metabolic abnormalities affecting platelet function can affect normal clotting, individually or in combination. Most clotting factors are synthesized in the liver.
Why is it important to know the bleeding time?
Measurement of PT and partial thromboplastin time (PTT) are usually sufficient to screen for these disorders. Platelet counts detect thrombocytopenia, and the bleeding time is a useful screening procedure measuring platelet function, among other conditions.
Is there a linear relationship between factor levels and bleeding tendency?
There is no linear relationship between factor levels and bleeding tendency and incidence of spontaneous bleeding (4). Paris-Trousseau thrombocytopenia is a disorder that presents with mild bleeding tendency with variable thrombocytopenia, abnormal giant alpha-granules in platelets, and dysmegakaryopoiesis.
Which is the most common type of bleeding disorder?
Probably the most common bleeding disorders are now iatrogenic, including the use of heparins, warfarin compounds, rt-PA and other fibrinolytic compounds, and possibly the use of aspirin and other antiplatelet substances. Usually, these clinical situations are known and are not diagnostic dilemmas.