March is National Bleeding Disorders Awareness Month. These are common but most often critical bleeding disorders. Blood defects can affect your overall health. The blood needs all of its proteins to operate correctly so that way the blood can generate blood clots strong enough to avoid any bleeding due to an injury of some sort. When the protein or platelets are deficient your body will not be able to properly go through the steps of clotting causing you to bleed much longer. There are many types of blood disorders that affect all different blood types.

Below are the most common blood disorders :

Anemia – A deficiency of red blood cells, resulting in fatigue.

Hemophilia – An inability to create effective blood clots, causing excessive bleeding.

Leukemia – A condition in which blood-forming organs suppress the production of normal blood cells.

Lymphoma – Cancer affecting the white blood cells, which limits the body’s ability to fight disease or
infection.

Myeloma – A cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow, which limits the body’s ability to produce
antibodies.

There are a few warning signs for these blood disorders. Knowing these signs and red flags are very important. Some of the signs of a blood disorder are unexplained and frequent bleeding from an injury, delicate skin that can cause bruising with the slightest cause. Pain is also very common, along with swelling or tightness in the joints. Often blood is found present in the urine or stools and most women usually will have a heavy cycle. Another common sign is current nosebleeds without an accurate reason as to why.

In order to sufficiently treat bleeding disorders, the patient will usually have to give a blood sample and do testing. It is important to stay on top of your health and make sure you do not have any of these symptoms as most of these cases can be severe or life-threatening.