Women's Bleeding Disorders

Overcoming Period Stigma: Empowering Women with Bleeding Disorders

Nikki Angeles, 32, of Coram, New York, was 16 when she was finally diagnosed with von Willebrand disease (VWD). That...

While Callahan has a clotting disorder and not a bleeding disorder, a study in Haemophilia in 2023 revealed that in...

Nikole Scappe came to work for the National Bleeding Disorders Foundation (NBDF) in April 2018 and today serves as its...

Paying attention to your menstrual cycle is important if you have a bleeding disorder. Tracking your cycle and the symptoms...

Why are women, girls, and people with the potential to menstruate (WGPPM) who have hemophilia, von Willebrand disease, or other...

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

In June, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and ended the constitutional right to abortion, women’s health advocates...

Recently, HemAware received a question for our “Ask a Social Worker” column about having an abortion if you have a...

Ask a Social Worker is a monthly column featuring questions from the community and answers from members of NHF’s Social...

Women's Bleeding Disorders, Ask a Social Worker

1. Women with hemophilia are often undiagnosed or misdiagnosed Historically hemophilia was thought of as a “man’s disease,” and for...

Jillian Vilardo was a sophomore in high school when she first experienced a painful ovarian cyst, a fluid-filled sac that...

The average menstruating person in the U.S. uses 5,000 to 15,000 disposable sanitary pads and tampons over the course of...