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Hemophilia A - Symptom

Symptoms:

  • Bleeding into joints, with associated pain and swelling
  • Blood in the urine or stool
  • Bruising
  • Gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract hemorrhage
  • Prolonged bleeding from cuts, tooth extraction, and surgery
  • Spontaneous bleeding

Signs and tests:

Many blood clotting tests are performed if the person tested is the first one in the family to have a bleeding disorder. Once the defect has been identified, other family members will need less testing to diagnose the disorder.

Tests include:

  • Reviewed last on: 3/21/2008
  • Stephen Grund, MD, PhD, Chief of Hematology/Oncology and Director of the George Bray Cancer Center at New Britain General Hospital, New Britain, CT. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

Roberts HR. Hemophilia A and Hemophilia B. In: Lichtman, MA, et al., eds. Williams Hematology. 7th ed. The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.; 2006:chap 115.