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Bleeding Disorders - Risk Factors - Risk Factors

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You may have an increased risk for bleeding disorders because of your age, family history and genetics, other medical conditions and medicines, and your sex.

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\n Age \n
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Bleeding disorders can happen at any age. However, newborns are more likely than adults to develop vitamin K deficiency bleeding. Acquired hemophilia A is more common among older people.

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\n Family history and genetics \n
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Bleeding disorders may run in families. You are at an increased risk of having a bleeding disorder if one or both of your parents have the disease.

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\n Other medical conditions \n
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Certain diseases or medical conditions can increase your risk for an acquired bleeding disorders, such as:

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  • Blood transfusions
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  • Bowel diseases or bowel surgery
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  • cancer
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  • Congenital or acquired heart diseases
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  • Hypothyroidism
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  • Immune disorders, including autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis or lupus
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  • Infections
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  • Liver disease
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  • Lymphoproliferative disorders, such as certain types of leukemia
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  • Pregnancy
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  • Postpartum bleeding, which can use up the body\u2019s clotting factors too quickly
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  • Skin conditions
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  • Trauma, or severe injury, to the brain or body
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Certain treatments for medical conditions can also increase risk, including:

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  • Antibiotics
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  • Blood thinner medicines, also called anticoagulants, that are used to help prevent blood clots from forming inside the blood vessels
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  • Devices that increase blood flow, such as ventricular assist devices
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  • Interferon alpha, a medicine to treat certain types of cancer
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  • Surgeries, such as heart surgeries that use a heart-lung bypass machine, that can lead to acquired von Willebrand disease
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Hemophilia is much more common in men than in women. However, women are at increased risk for bleeding disorders, such as acquired hemophilia, during and after pregnancy.

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Source URL: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/subscribe/87512
Source Agency: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Captured Date: 2019-09-12 15:34:00.0
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