Blood coagulation disorders in children | Blood clotting disorder

Blood coagulation disorders in children

If blood coagulation disorders occur in children, it is often a congenital disease, such as haemophilia or the much more common von Willebrand syndrome. Particularly when children romp around, children with a coagulation disorder can develop bruises and bumps more quickly. Bruises often develop in rather unfamiliar places, such as on the back or stomach, feet or hands.

Children with a coagulation disorder are also sometimes noticed because of bruising after vaccinations or because of frequent nosebleeds, often from both sides. In addition to congenital diseases, children can also develop vascular inflammation after an infection/cold, in which clotting is restricted and more extensive skin bleeding (a purpura) develops. The disease is called purpura-Henoch and usually develops in children between the ages of two and eight years.

The cause of the disease is an overreaction of the immune system. Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) also occurs as a result of an overreaction of the immune system following infections in children. The disease is very similar to the-Henoch purpura.

However, ITP leads to the destruction of blood platelets and consequently to an increased tendency to bleed. However, both diseases are only temporary illnesses and not chronic diseases such as haemophilia. Blood coagulation disorders in the sense of increased coagulation, which are associated with an increased risk of thrombosis, do not usually occur in children. The risk of thrombosis tends to increase with age.