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Hemophilia history and symptoms
Introduction
Overview
Overview
Patients with hemophilia can present with a history of excessive bleeding after minor injuries or spontaneous bleeding. They can also report family history of hemophilia. Hemophilia when mild, can be asymptomatic. Common symptoms, when present, include epistaxis, oral mucosal bleeding, joint pain and swelling, lethargy and fatigue, excessive bleeding after dental procedures, prolonged bleeding after circumcision and muscle hematoma after vaccination.
History and Symptoms
History and Symptoms
History
Patients with hemophilia may have a positive history of:
- Male family members with uncontrollable bleeding episodes[1][2]
- Easy bruising[3]
- Prolonged excessive bleeds following surgery or trauma[3]
- Patients with hemarthroses can present with:
- Patients with intracranial bleeds can present with a history of:
Symptoms
Central nervous system
- Seizures[8][6]
- Weakness[8][9][10]
- Hypothermia[8]
- Pupillary changes[8]
- Vomiting[7]
- Unconciousness[7][9]
Musculoskeletal
- Joint pain and discomfort[4][5][11][12]
- Joint motion limitation[12]
- Muscle weakness[11]
- Muscle swelling, pain, and tenderness[13][14][15][16]
- Cutaneous warmth[5]
Gastrointestinal
Genitourinary
Other
- Nose and gum bleeds[23][24]
- Excessive menstrual bleeding[24]
References
References
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- β Ingram, G I (1976). “The history of haemophilia”. Journal of Clinical Pathology. 29 (6): 469β479. doi:10.1136/jcp.29.6.469. ISSNΒ 0021-9746.
- β 3.0 3.1 Sachdeva A, Gunasekaran V, Ramya HN, Dass J, Kotwal J, Seth T, Das S, Garg K, Kalra M, Sirisha RS, Prakash A (July 2018). “Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics in Diagnosis and Management of Hemophilia”. Indian Pediatr. 55 (7): 582β590. PMIDΒ 30129541.
- β 4.0 4.1 4.2 Berntorp, Erik; Shapiro, Amy D (2012). “Modern haemophilia care”. The Lancet. 379 (9824): 1447β1456. doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(11)61139-2. ISSNΒ 0140-6736.
- β 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Franchini, Massimo; Mannucci, Pier Mannuccio (2013). “Hemophilia A in the third millennium”. Blood Reviews. 27 (4): 179β184. doi:10.1016/j.blre.2013.06.002. ISSNΒ 0268-960X.
- β 6.0 6.1 Moreira A, Das H (2018). “Acute Life-Threatening Hemorrhage in Neonates With Severe Hemophilia A: A Report of 3 Cases”. J Investig Med High Impact Case Rep. 6: 2324709618800349. doi:10.1177/2324709618800349. PMCΒ 6144491. PMIDΒ 30246038.
- β 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 7.4 Tabibian S, Motlagh H, Naderi M, Dorgalaleh A (January 2018). “Intracranial hemorrhage in congenital bleeding disorders”. Blood Coagul. Fibrinolysis. 29 (1): 1β11. doi:10.1097/MBC.0000000000000660. PMIDΒ 28901996.
- β 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Peltier J, Baroncini M, Thines L, Leteurtre S, Marey A, Vinchon M (February 2012). “[Haemophilia A and intracranial bleedings in infants]”. Neurochirurgie (in French). 58 (1): 19β24. doi:10.1016/j.neuchi.2012.01.003. PMIDΒ 22385799.
- β 9.0 9.1 Kulkarni R, Lusher JM (1999). “Intracranial and extracranial hemorrhages in newborns with hemophilia: a review of the literature”. J. Pediatr. Hematol. Oncol. 21 (4): 289β95. PMIDΒ 10445891.
- β Zakaria Z, Kaliaperumal C, Crimmins D, Caird J (January 2018). “Neurosurgical management in children with bleeding diathesis: auditing neurological outcome”. J Neurosurg Pediatr. 21 (1): 38β43. doi:10.3171/2017.6.PEDS16574. PMIDΒ 29125443.
- β 11.0 11.1 Goto M, Takedani H, Nitta O, Kawama K (2015). “Joint Function and Arthropathy Severity in Patients with Hemophilia”. J Jpn Phys Ther Assoc. 18 (1): 15β22. doi:10.1298/jjpta.18.15. PMIDΒ 26733762.
- β 12.0 12.1 Arpaci T, Sasmaz I, Akbas T, Eken A, Ozgur A, Antmen B (April 2016). “Bilateral recurrent external obturator muscle hematoma: An unusual cause of pelvic pain in hemophilia”. Mol Clin Oncol. 4 (4): 622β624. doi:10.3892/mco.2016.736. PMCΒ 4812266. PMIDΒ 27073678.
- β De la Corte-Rodriguez H, Rodriguez-Merchan EC (December 2014). “Treatment of muscle haematomas in haemophiliacs with special emphasis on percutaneous drainage”. Blood Coagul. Fibrinolysis. 25 (8): 787β94. doi:10.1097/MBC.0000000000000159. PMIDΒ 24914744.
- β Peterson, Lars (2001). Sports injuriesΒ : their prevention and treatment. London: Martin Dunitz. ISBNΒ 0203419561.
- β Tsuyama N, Ichiba T, Naito H (2016). “Unusual Initial Manifestation of Acquired Hemophilia A: A Normal Activated Partial Thromboplastin Time, Intramuscular Hematoma and Cerebral Hemorrhage”. Intern. Med. 55 (22): 3347β3349. doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.7219. PMCΒ 5173506. PMIDΒ 27853081.
- β Pitcher, G. J.; Bowley, D. M. G.; Chasumba, G.; Zuckerman, M. (2002). “Life-threatening haemorrhage from a gastric Dieulafoy lesion in a child with haemophilia”. Haemophilia. 8 (5): 719β720. doi:10.1046/j.1365-2516.2002.00675.x. ISSNΒ 1351-8216.
- β McCain S, Gull S, Ahmad J, Carey D (February 2014). “Acquired hemophilia A as a cause of acute upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage”. BMJ Case Rep. 2014. doi:10.1136/bcr-2013-203179. PMCΒ 3918626. PMIDΒ 24501339.
- β 18.0 18.1 Toyoda H, Fukuda Y, Nakano I, Katano Y, Ebata M, Nagano K, Morita K, Yokozaki S, Takeuchi M, Hayakawa T, Takamatsu J (November 2000). “Massive bleeding from a gastric erosion after transcatheter arterial chemoembolization for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with mild haemophilia A”. Haemophilia. 6 (6): 688β92. PMIDΒ 11122397.
- β Mense L, Ferretti E, Ramphal R, Daboval T (September 2018). “A Newborn with Simmering Bleeding after Circumcision”. Cureus. 10 (9): e3324. doi:10.7759/cureus.3324. PMCΒ 6248866. PMIDΒ 30473957.
- β 20.0 20.1 Washino S, Hirai M, Kobayashi Y, Saito K, Miyagawa T (August 2015). “Heavy hematuria requiring cystectomy in a patient with hemophilia A: a case report and literature review”. BMC Urol. 15: 84. doi:10.1186/s12894-015-0076-8. PMCΒ 4535382. PMIDΒ 26268821.
- β Yamaguchi T, Kudo N, Endo S, Usui T, Imashuku S (2018). “Management of Acquired Hemophilia A in Elderly Patients”. Case Rep Hematol. 2018: 6757345. doi:10.1155/2018/6757345. PMCΒ 6260550. PMIDΒ 30538871.
- β Schmidt-Bowman M, Reinstatler L, Raffin EP, Yared JE, Seigne JD, Sverrisson EF (2018). “Acquired Hemophilia presenting as Gross Hematuria following Kidney Stone – A Case Report and Review of the Literature”. Int Braz J Urol. 44 (2): 390β392. doi:10.1590/S1677-5538.IBJU.2017.0172. PMCΒ 6050547. PMIDΒ 29144625.
- β See A, Sudirman SR, Huang XY (June 2017). “Spontaneous multilevel airway haemorrhage in acquired haemophilia A”. Eur Arch Otorhinolaryngol. 274 (6): 2657β2660. doi:10.1007/s00405-016-4251-7. PMIDΒ 27577042.
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