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Variances in Adults, Teens with Heavy Menstruation
Haemophilia; ePub 2017 Sep 5; Srivaths, et al
The bleeding phenotypes of adolescent females with heavy menstrual bleeding differ from those of their adult counterparts, according to a study involving 269 individuals. Participants—from the CDC’s Female Universal Data Collection surveillance project—were either postmenarchal adolescents (n=79) or premenopausal adults (n=190) with heavy menstrual bleeding and bleeding disorders. Investigators looked at bleeding phenotype and provider interventions in each group.
Compared to teens, adults were:
- Twice as likely to experience bleeding with dental procedures.
- More than twice as likely to have a family history of bleeding, have delayed bleeding, and experience anemia.
- More than 4 times as likely to experience GI bleeding.
- More likely to undergo gynecologic procedures/surgery.
- Less likely to use desmopressin.
Srivaths L, Zhang Q, Byams V, et al. Differences in bleeding phenotype and provider interventions in postmenarchal adolescents when compared to adult women with bleeding disorders and heavy menstrual bleeding. [Published online ahead of print September 5, 2017]. Haemophilia. doi:10.1111/hae.13330.