Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Congenital Afibrinogenemia: Introduction

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
• more symptoms...»

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Home Diagnostic Testing

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• Cold & Flu: Home Testing:
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Congenital Afibrinogenemia: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Congenital Afibrinogenemia:

• Death due to excessive bleeding
• more complications...»

Less Common Symptoms of Congenital Afibrinogenemia

• Bone pseudocysts
• more symptoms...»

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Congenital Afibrinogenemia?

• Misdiagnosis of Congenital Afibrinogenemia
• Failure to diagnose Congenital Afibrinogenemia
• Undiagnosed: Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Congenital Afibrinogenemia: Undiagnosed Conditions

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• Child Health Disorders -- serious medical disorders that may be undiagnosed:
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  • Whooping Cough -- Undiagnosed
  • Croup -- Undiagnosed
  • Appendicitis -- Undiagnosed
  • Type 1 Diabetes -- Undiagnosed
  • Sleep Apnea -- Undiagnosed
  • Middle Ear Infection -- Undiagnosed
  • Epilepsy -- Undiagnosed
• more undiagnosed conditions...»

Misdiagnosis and Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Mild worm infections undiagnosed in children: Human worm infestations, esp. threadworm, can be overlooked in some cases, because it may cause only...read more »

Mesenteric adenitis misdiagnosed as appendicitis in children: Because appendicitis is one of the more feared conditions for a child with abdominal pain, it can be over-diagnosed (it can, of course, also fail to be...read more »

Blood pressure cuffs misdiagnose hypertension in children: One known misdiagnosis issue with hyperension, arises in relation to the simple equipment used to test blood pressure. The "cuff" around the arm to measure blood...read more »

Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients. These patients are not the typical migraine sufferers, but migraines can also occur in children. See misdiagnosis of...read more »

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Congenital Afibrinogenemia: Research Doctors & Specialists

Research related physicians and medical specialists:

• Baby & Newborn Health Specialists:
  • Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Child Health Specialists (Pediatrics):
  • Pediatrics (Child Health Specialist)
  • Adolescent Medicine (Teen Health)
  • Pediatric / Adolescent Psychiatry (Child/Teen Mental Health)
  • Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (Child Allergies / Immune Diseases)
  • Pediatric Cardiology (Child Heart Specialists)
  • Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Pediatric Dentistry (Child Dental Health)
  • Pediatric Dermatology (Child Skin Health)
  • Pediatric Developmental Behavioral Health (Child Behavior)
  • Pediatric Emergency Medicine
  • Pediatric Endocrinology (Child Hormones)
  • Pediatric Gastroenterology (Child Digestive Specialists)
  • Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
  • Pediatric Infectious Disease Medicine
  • Pediatric Medical Toxicology (Child Poisoning)
  • Pediatric Nephrology (Child Kidney Specialists)
• more specialists...»

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Hospitals & Clinics: Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Research quality ratings and patient safety measures for medical facilities in specialties related to Congenital Afibrinogenemia:

• Child Health (Pediatrics) -- Hospital Quality Ratings
• more hospital ratings...»

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Choosing the Best Hospital: More general information, not necessarily in relation to Congenital Afibrinogenemia, on hospital performance and surgical care quality:

• 50 Best Hospitals Report
• Outstanding Patient Experinece Award Winning Hospitals
• Women's Health Best Hospitals
• Patient Safety
• Hospital Quality and Clinical Excellence Study (2009)

Evidence Based Medicine Research for Congenital Afibrinogenemia

Medical research articles related to Congenital Afibrinogenemia include:

• For a 23 year old nulliparous woman with hypofibrinogenaemia, can combined oral contraceptives be safely used?
• Miscarriages Caused by Blood Coagulation Protein or Platelet Deficits (Diagnosis)
• Inherited Abnormalities of Fibrinogen (Treatment)
• Inherited Abnormalities of Fibrinogen (Diagnosis)
• Miscarriages Caused by Blood Coagulation Protein or Platelet Deficits (Overview)
• more research...»

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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)