Von Willebrand disease history and symptoms
|
Von Willebrand disease Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Von Willebrand disease history and symptoms On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Von Willebrand disease history and symptoms |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Von Willebrand disease history and symptoms |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
History
Symptoms
The symptoms of von Willebrand’s disease vary among patients, depending on the level of residual von Willebrand factor activity, the disease subtype, and to some extent, age and sex.
Children
Children with von Willebrand’s disease most frequently present with symptoms of bruising and epistaxis.[1]
Adults
Adults patients with vWD mainly present with the following:[2]
- bleeding after surgery and trauma (The majority of patients (60 to 80%)
- Mucosa-associated bleeding
This usually may manifest in the form of the following:
- Easy bruising
- Nosebleeds
- Oral cavity bleeding
- Bleeding after dental extraction/surgery
- Heavy menstrual periods
- Postpartum hemorrhage.
- Severe internal or joint bleeding is rare (which only occurs in type 3 vWD).
To make a diagnosis, there is usually personal or family history of bleeding and laboratory evidence of defective von Willebrand factor, factor VIII, or both.
References
- ↑ Sanders YV, Fijnvandraat K, Boender J, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, van der Bom JG, de Meris J; et al. (2015). "Bleeding spectrum in children with moderate or severe von Willebrand disease: Relevance of pediatric-specific bleeding". Am J Hematol. 90 (12): 1142–8. doi:10.1002/ajh.24195. PMID 26375306.
- ↑ de Wee EM, Sanders YV, Mauser-Bunschoten EP, van der Bom JG, Degenaar-Dujardin ME, Eikenboom J; et al. (2012). "Determinants of bleeding phenotype in adult patients with moderate or severe von Willebrand disease". Thromb Haemost. 108 (4): 683–92. doi:10.1160/TH12-04-0244. PMID 22918553.