The impact of heavy periods on women with a bleeding disorder

Abstract

Women with a bleeding disorder (WBD), including those diagnosed as a carrier, often have heavy periods associated with prolonged bleeding and pain. This survey sought to describe the impact of this substantial burden on daily living and the personal cost of managing heavy periods.

Keywords

• women with bleeding disorders
• menstrual bleeding
• menorrhagia
• haemophilia
• von willebrand disease