Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn | Symptoms & Causes
What are the symptoms of hemorrhagic disease?
Symptoms may include:
- Blood in your baby's bowel movements
- Blood in urine
- Oozing around the umbilical cord
Hemorrhagic Disease of the Newborn | Diagnosis & Treatments
How do we diagnose hemorrhagic disease?
In addition to a complete medical history and physical examination, a diagnosis is based on the signs of bleeding and by laboratory tests for blood clotting times.
How Boston Children's Hospital approaches hemorrhagic disease
If your child needs a blood transfusion, she'll be seen by specialists in the Boston Children's Medical/Surgical Intensive Care Unit. Ours is one of the highest-volume pediatric intensive care units in the United States.
In our pediatric intensive care unit, we care for more than 2,000 critically ill children, from newborn to college age, across a spectrum of childhood disease each year. Children and adolescents with all forms of non-malignant blood disorders, including anemias, bleeding problems, blood clots, platelet disorders, and red and white blood cell disorders, are treated through our Pediatric Hematology Service. If necessary, we also offer access to the largest pediatric stem cell transplantation program in New England.
