See Also: Bernard-Soulier disease(medicine)
Disease, Bernard-Soulier(health)
Bernard Soulier syndrome(medicine)
Bernard-Soulier syndrome(health)
Soulier, Jean Pierre(medicine)
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St Bernard(dictionary)
Bernard's canal(medicine)

Disease, Bernard-Soulier (health)


This disease is a primary problem of platelets in which the platelets lack the ability to stick adequately to injured blood vessel walls. This is a crucial aspect of the process of forming a blood clot, and as a result of this problem there is abnormal bleeding. Bernard-Soulier disease usually presents in the newborn period, infancy, or early childhood with bruises, nose bleeds (epistaxis), and/or gum (gingival) bleeding. Later problems can occur with anything which can induce bleeding such as menstruation, trauma, surgery, or stomach ulcers.