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Default Does anyone know what a Blood Disorder is? - 01-11-2009, 10:33 AM

My mother just found out that she has a blood disorder (menorrhagia) and I was on the web and I did find out some information however, I would like to know if anyone has had this before? Or does anyone knows someone who has had a blood disorder and what happened? I know that there is know cure however, I am just curious because I have never heard of a blood disorder before until my mother is diagnosed with it.Thank you for reading..
   
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Default 01-24-2009, 01:52 AM

ok,first things first..have you ever heard of anemia,hemophilia,leukemia,sepsis,aids,or such? well all of those are a kind of blood disorders..they are called that cause they mess with your blood..and what your mom has is a kind of disorder connected with menstrual period..in a normal menstrual period bleeding lasts an average of 5 days and total blood flow between 25 and 80 mL. A blood loss of greater than 80 ml or lasting longer than 7 days constitutes menorrhagia...
   
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Default 03-20-2009, 08:21 PM

Hemophilia mean anything to you? That is the blood's inability to clot normally, a person with this disorder would bleed longer than normal if they received a wound. These people also bruise very easily.Some people just have really bad periods - which is what menorrhagia is. A number of causes can attribute to it. Hormones, abnormal clotting, and infection are at the top of the list of possible causes.I've had my own experience with bleeding for 12days up to a month long with spotting or a heavy period that lasted 7 days and 5 more days of light spotting. I was prescribed birth control pills as the first means of controlling the bleeding - later on it was found that I was also bleeding more due to ovarian cysts. I was also diagnosed as being anemic due to all the blood loss.I still am anemic now due to iron deficiency - I'm taking OTC iron supplements to take care of that.There are many forms of anemia that are genetic as well.Aids is not a blood disorder like the first poster mentioned as it's caused by the hiv virus - that is a blood disease. However it does affect a person's immune system - it means that it shut down completely due to the viral onset.
   
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