Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Introduction: Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Congenital Afibrinogenemia: A rare disorder involving the inability to make fibrinogen which is essential for the process of blood clotting. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Congenital Afibrinogenemia is available below.

Symptoms of Congenital Afibrinogenemia

• Bleeding umbilical cord
• Excessive bleeding following injury
• Bruises
• Hematomas
• Nosebleed

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Less Common Symptoms of Congenital Afibrinogenemia

• Bone pseudocysts

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Congenital Afibrinogenemia?

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Misdiagnosis and Congenital Afibrinogenemia

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Prognosis for Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Prognosis for Congenital Afibrinogenemia: some survive to adulthood

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Definitions of Congenital Afibrinogenemia:

A rare congenital disorder of blood coagulation in which no fibrinogen is found in the blood plasma - (Source - WordNet 2.1)

Congenital Afibrinogenemia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Congenital Afibrinogenemia, or a subtype of Congenital Afibrinogenemia, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)