blood not clotting

Im just curious about this.

I gave blood at school on the day we had a blood drive and initially my blood wouldnt come out fast enough so the nurse sorted out the needle and it started coming at an ok rate, although i was on the borderline of the time gap they are allowed. After she took the needle out though, my blood wouldnt clot and i had to have a huge pressure bandage put on, i ended up with a huge bruise (about 2 inches in diameter).

This morning i went to get a blood test done to check my immunity for stuff for uni. Everything was fine, but again my blood hasnt clotted very well. I dont have a bruise yet (only got the test done 45 mins ago) but the plaster does have a lot of blood on it (i can see the blood through it as it is a darker colour and it is outside of the wee square in the middle).

Normally when i get a cut i clot quite quickly but both times when having blood removed i havent. Is this odd?

btw the last time i got a blood test before this was probably when i was about 1 year old so i have nothing to compare it to

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Reply 1

Ed.

Blood not clotting isn't good. You need more platelets or something- but heck you are the prospective medic :biggrin:

Reply 2

FTC199

Ed.

Blood not clotting isn't good. You need more platelets or something- but heck you are the prospective medic :biggrin:

i know, i really should know this stuff lol

Reply 3

GeoTom

I doubt you have haemophilia and don't know about it. It's probably just because they had to mess around a bit in your arm.

Reply 4

FTC199

i doubt it as well, i wasnt even thinking of haemophilia, i just thought it was odd that i sometimes clot and sometimes dont

Reply 5

AEH

Its quite common for you to get a few spots on blood on gauze after a blood test. If you had a bleeding disorder you'd be bruising quite extravagantly at the slightest opportunity rather than this. You just have too much knowledge and worry in you, that's all.

Reply 6

Danny the Geezer

I'm the opposite, my blood clots too much and I have to take blood thinners...

Reply 7

FTC199

for the record im not worried at all, just intrigued :biggrin:

Reply 8

londonboym

fact of the day: the son of the russian tsar had haemophilia.

Reply 9

Renal

londonboym

fact of the day: the son of the russian tsar had haemophilia.

Wow, amazing... :rolleyes:

Reply 10

Touche

The harder you press the smaller the bruise. You should always put LOADS of pressure on when the needle comes out.

Putting a sticky plaster on a bleeding site is pointless, it just covers it up so you can't see it bleeding.

Reply 11

Anonymous #1

AEH

If you had a bleeding disorder you'd be bruising quite extravagantly at the slightest opportunity rather than this. You just have too much knowledge and worry in you, that's all.

Not necessarily. I am a carrier of haemophilia (women generally don't get it, they carry it), my blood clots at something like 24% of the normal range, I rarely bruise but if I get a blood test or something it takes ages to stop bleeding from my arm, similar to the OP's experience. I also get a lot of nosebleeds. Could be that, I was only diagnosed after a blood test after several years of nosebleeds, my mum was diagnosed at 50.

Reply 12

mushoo

lack of platelets! but then, why would it only be when you remove blood manually. have you ever asked the nurse doing the test? could just be bad use of the needle, or maybe its your reaction to puncture holes by needles. ask a GP

Reply 13

RetiredAccount89

yes, go to your GP, take a 10min appointment slot to ask "when a nurse puts a hole into my vein it bleeds and bruises. is that normal?"

Reply 14

FTC199

im not going to my GP, takes ages to get an appointment and then id just have to wake up at about 7am when i could be sleeping

Reply 15

AEH

FTC199

im not going to my GP, takes ages to get an appointment and then id just have to wake up at about 7am when i could be sleeping

A very healthy attitude, good man. You're already thinking like a doctor.

Reply 16

Redpanda91

I bled loads and loads when they stuck a cannula in me, didn't clot for ages. It just depends on whether or not they hit a vein where the blood is flowing fast! Hehe that's my theory anyway :p:

Reply 17

Hedgehunter

Lol, this instead:

http://www.patient.co.uk/leaflets/blood_will_not_clot.htm

Reply 18

trinamacfarlane

i dont know if im making this up but doesnt that mean you need more iron?

Reply 19

AEH

Good thought there actually RedPanda, stasis and blood flow rate does play a part in clotting. Don't know how much practical difference it would make or whether its worth considering in this situation by any stretch, but its at least a sensible thing to say.

Iron is part of the oxygen-transfer function rather than the clotting function of the blood. Oh, and if it ever did turn out to be undiagnosed haemophilia, I will actually eat, digest and excrete a brick of my own house.

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