Conditions / Genetic
congenital afibrinogenemia
info · Genetic
A blood coagulation disease that is characterized by an impaired blood clotting resulting from a lack deficiency of a the fibrinogen protein (coagulation factor I).
Signs and symptoms
- Abnormal bleeding
- Afibrinogenemia
- Prolonged bleeding following circumcision
- Hypofibrinogenemia
- Abnormal umbilical stump bleeding
- Epistaxis
- Splenic rupture
- Gingival bleeding
- Epidural hemorrhage
- Prolonged bleeding after dental extraction
Also known as: Factor I deficiency; Fibrinogen deficiency