Von Willebrand Disease?!
Question: Von Willebrand Disease!?
I'm just curious!. If I'm understanding this right, von Willebrand Disease, is a bleeding disorder!. It simply means you bleed longer!. So, if someone with vWD wanted to get tattoos or piercings, would they bleed more than the average person!?Www@Answer-Health@Com
Answers:
there's this thing called the clotting cascade that is the process that causes you to clot after an injury/puncture!. in vWD you're missing one of the factors involved (the vonWildebrand factor) so these people do bleed longer than the average person!. piercing may be okay, depending on where it is (ears don't tend to bleed much, but other places may be worse)!. i'd definitely talk to my doc before a tattoo since that's more that just one poke and covers a lot more area!.Www@Answer-Health@Com