Pain Management

Pain can be a persistent and troubling side effect of living with an inheritable blood or bleeding disorder. Learn how to manage pain effectively and healthily.

The Liver Disease That’s on the Rise

Have you heard of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, or MASLD? The term refers to a rising disease in which...

Pain Management

How Women with Bleeding Disorders Can Manage Coexisting Conditions

Polycystic ovary syndrome and endometriosis are two common disorders in women. Heavy and irregular bleeding are hallmarks of both, making...

Women's Bleeding Disorders, Pain Management

What Happens to Joints After Frequent Bleeds?

Repeated bleeds can lead to lasting joint damage. That's why it's important to recognize bleeds and act quickly if one...

Fitness & Nutrition, Pain Management

Bleeding Disorders: What Your Pain Is Trying to Tell You

Unfortunately, people with hemophilia are no strangers to pain and its many forms. Pain can vary in intensity and areas...

Pain Management

What Older People with Bleeding Disorders Need to Know About Osteoporosis

Osteoporosis, a disease of low bone mass and strength, is a common concern in aging individuals. People with hemophilia have...

Fitness & Nutrition, Pain Management

What You Should Know About Ministrokes

Just the word “stroke” is ominous, and for good reason. Strokes are the No. 5 cause of death and a...

Pain Management

4 Reasons to Establish Care at a Hemophilia Treatment Center

If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with hemophilia, von Willebrand disease or another type of bleeding disorder...

Pain Management

What You Should Know About Hematomas

People with bleeding disorders are familiar with bruises, but similar situations that cause bruising can also cause hematomas. While similar...

Pain Management

Decoding Dizziness

Everyone’s experienced a bout of dizziness at least once in their life—usually it’s as a child after running around in...

Pain Management

How to Treat Bruises That Come With Bleeding Disorders

Easy bruising is one of the most common and frequent symptoms of hemophilia. After all, a bruise occurs when an...

Alternative Treatments, Pain Management

How to Make Your Home Office More Ergonomic

With a full year of working from home under our belts, it’s painfully clear as we hunch over our laptops...

Pain Management

What Women with Bleeding Disorders Need to Know About Joint Problems

Kolbie Clarke, 17, has mild hemophilia A and low von Willebrand factor, and when she started having joint issues playing...

Women's Bleeding Disorders, Pain Management